Texas Secretary of State · Winner reported by The Texas Tribune; Middleton concession reported by KPRC. Unofficial Texas Secretary of State returns updated Nov. 4, 2026, 4:59 p.m. CST; 100% of polling locations reporting. Actual Census Texas state boundary. Blue stripes: Republican-to-Democratic flip; no county preferences implied.
Democrat Nathan Johnson won the Texas attorney general’s race against Republican Mayes Middleton, flipping the office from Republican control. Middleton conceded, according to KPRC, and The Texas Tribune reported Johnson’s victory.
Texas’s unofficial statewide returns showed Johnson with 5,133,629 votes (52.38%), Middleton with 4,502,442 (45.94%) and Libertarian Tom Oxford with 165,550 (1.69%). All polling locations were reporting; the figures remain unofficial.
Johnson, a Dallas state senator, is the first Democrat elected Texas attorney general since 1994, according to The Texas Tribune. He will succeed Republican Ken Paxton, who ran for the U.S. Senate.
