DFW Progressives · 2026 county guide

Dallas County

Democratic
candidates.

103 county-directory entries supplied for the November 3 election. District contests vary by address—confirm your personal sample ballot before voting.

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Supplied Dallas County 2026 Democratic candidate directory

103 candidates · 9 voter resources

County voter resources

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These county, state, and party links help you plan. Confirm your personal ballot and current locations with the county election office; links open in a new tab.

Dallas County Democrats: November candidate rosterStarting list of Democratic nominees for the November election.

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Dallas County Elections: November 2026Election information and current location links.

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Dallas voter registration lookupCheck registration

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Dallas personal sample ballotFind the contests for your address.

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Dallas early voting centersCounty Elections Department PDF for November 3, 2026; early voting October 19–30.

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Dallas Election Day vote centersCounty Elections Department PDF for November 3, 2026.

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Dallas voting by mailApplication and return instructions; receipt deadline October 23, 2026.

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Texas 2026 general ballot certificationOfficial ballot names and party designations; see Dallas pages 307–320.

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Dallas County Elections homeUse for changes to schedules or location lists.

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DFW Progressives recommends

Ballot measures
& bonds.

DFW Progressives graded 90 local propositions on the November 3 ballot. These are DFW Progressives recommendations, not election-office material.

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How to read the grades

AStrong supportVote yes.
BSupport, watch itVote yes, and stay engaged.
CQualified supportNot perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.
NoOpposeVote no.
NeutralNo positionReview the details and make an informed decision.

Dallas County

Measures grouped for your county.

DFW Progressives’ recommendation and short rationale for each listed measure.

Dallas County

Prop A: homelessness tax rate

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Housing-first help for about 4,500 more people a year. Stay engaged on results and how encampments are handled.

University Park

Prop A: $0.220055 tax rate

Vote no.

Most of the new money pays for police officers and parking enforcement with license plate readers.

Irving ISD

Props A and B: five replacement schools, including Irving High

Vote yes.

About half the district’s campuses are over 50 years old. Adds about 12.5 cents to the rate.

Irving ISD

Prop C: $40M technology

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Needed equipment. Watch the repayment term.

Irving ISD

Prop D: $60.2M indoor facilities

Not perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.

Real student benefit, but the least essential item, and voters rejected these facilities in 2023.

Also in the DFW ballot guideRegional city measures—only if your city measure appears on your personal ballot.

City of Dallas

Prop A: $443M public safety bonds

Vote no.

Most of it, about $381M, builds evidence storage, a crime lab and training facilities, mainly for police. The language is broad enough that critics call it a blank check.

City of Garland

Prop A: $0.6799 tax rate

Vote yes.

Core city services and public worker pay: police, fire, 911 and parks staffing and roads. The rate is still below last year’s.

City of Plano

Prop A: Stars arena and venue taxes

Vote no.

Up to $700M in public taxes for a private team’s arena, with no financing plan, site plan or traffic study yet.

City of Wylie

Props A, B, D, E: streets, parks, public works, animal shelter

Vote yes.

Basic city infrastructure with named projects.

City of Wylie

Prop C: $25M public safety facilities

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Real need, but the ballot names no specific facility.

Town of Flower Mound

Prop A: renew 0.25% street sales tax

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Keeps an existing rate for street repair. Sales tax hits working families hardest, so every dollar should be accounted for.

Source: DFW Progressives 2026 Ballot Grades, updated October 19, 2026. Political advertising paid for by DFW Progressives.

Candidate directory

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Search the supplied Dallas County list by candidate, office, or race category. Campaign and profile links are provided by the source workbook.

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U.S. House

U.S. House races

6 candidates

U.S. House

U.S. Representative 5

Chelsey Hockett

Campaign or official biography

Democraticcandidates.

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Ballot measures& bonds.

Measures grouped for your county.

Prop A: homelessness tax rate

Prop A: $0.220055 tax rate

Props A and B: five replacement schools, including Irving High

Prop C: $40M technology

Prop D: $60.2M indoor facilities

Prop A: $443M public safety bonds

Prop A: $0.6799 tax rate

Prop A: Stars arena and venue taxes

Props A, B, D, E: streets, parks, public works, animal shelter

Prop C: $25M public safety facilities

Prop A: renew 0.25% street sales tax

Find the race.Meet the candidate.

U.S. House races

Chelsey Hockett

Danny Minton

Kevin Burge

Frederick D. Haynes III

Dan Barrios

Colin Allred

Court of Appeals races

Amanda Reichek

Monica Purdy

Andrea Plumlee

Alexandra Guio

Cheryl Williams

Texas Senate races

Keenen Colbert

Texas House races

Venton Jones

Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos

Rafael Anchía

Jessica Gonzalez

Terry Meza

Linda Garcia

Allison Mitchell

Aicha Davis

Toni Rose

Yvonne Davis

Zach Herbert

Rhetta Andrews Bowers

John Bryant

Cassandra Hernandez

State Board of Education races

Ericka Ledferd

Tiffany Clark

Amy Taylor

County Office races

Felicia Pitre

Damarcus L. Offord

Pauline Medrano

Amber Givens

County Commissioner races

Andy Sommerman

Elba Garcia

District Court races

Stephanie Hudson

Lakesha Smith

Nancy Mulder

Chika Anyiam

Veretta Frazier

Martin Hoffman

Staci Williams

Tonya Parker

Dale Tillery

Aiesha Redmond

Elizabeth Ginsburg

Maria Aceves

Bridgett Whitmore

Kim Cooks

Etta Jeanette Mullin

Raquel "Rocky" Jones

Tammy Kemp

Kim Brown

Vonda Bailey

Heather Nicole Johnson

Jennifer Bennett

Democratic
candidates.

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voting links.

Ballot measures
& bonds.

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Meet the candidate.