Democratic turnout surges in Texas as over 4.4 million vote in party primaries

[Uncle Joe]

Democratic voter turnout more than doubled compared with recent Texas primaries, helping drive more than 4.4 million ballots cast in this year's statewide primary elections.

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Using the U.S. Senate race as that benchmark, roughly 4.48 million Texans voted in the primaries this year. That includes 2.3 million Democratic voters and 2.16 million Republican voters casting ballots overall.

The turnout this year from Texas Democrats marks a sharp increase from what the state saw in recent primary elections. That's according to The Texas Newsroom's analysis using the same benchmark method used to compare turnout in previous cycles.

Take 2022's primaries, when Beto O'Rourke won the Democratic nomination for governor. In that race, Democrats cast about 1.07 million total votes, according to state data. And using the presidential race as the benchmark in the 2024 Texas presidential primary — when then-President Joe Biden secured the Democratic nomination — Democrats cast roughly 982,000 ballots overall.

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https://www.kut.org/politics/2026-03-06/democratic-turnout-surges-in-texas-as-over-4-4-million-vote-in-party-primaries