US House · TX-9
FederalOpen seat in the Houston area. The 2025 redistricting redrew TX-9 from a safely Democratic seat into a Republican one. Alex Mealer, a Trump-endorsed former Harris County judge candidate, won the May 26 Republican runoff over state representative Briscoe Cain; Democrat Leticia Gutierrez won her primary outright.
Represents southeast Houston and the Gulf Coast region in Congress, Harris, Galveston, Chambers, and Liberty counties.
Runoff result
Primary Runoff
Winner.Alex Mealer
Briscoe CainCandidates
Republican Primary
Former Harris County Judge candidate; Trump-endorsed
Texas State Representative, HD-128
Democratic Primary
Democratic nominee, TX-9
Key Dates
Other Runoff Races
The other 9 races on the May 26 ballot.
R Ken Paxton vs John Cornyn
R Chip Roy vs Mayes Middleton·D Nathan Johnson vs Joe Jaworski
D Vikki Goodwin vs Marcos Velez
R James Wright vs Bo French
R Alison Fox vs Thomas Smith
D Christian Menefee vs Al Green
R Patrick David Gillespie vs John Sims·D Colin Allred vs Julie Johnson
R John Lujan vs Carlos De La Cruz·D Maureen Galindo vs Johnny Garcia
R Ge'Nell Gary vs Lauren Peña
Other federal races
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