2 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, from the Texas Secretary of State's list (opens in a new tab). The officeholder comes first, then the Republican and Democratic nominees together by last name, then everyone else by last name; in each group a candidate with a statement or vote on the record comes first (how the order works). Each has the same space. The list: Texas Secretary of State, Candidate Information (qualified candidates search), election '2026 NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION' (idElection 53815) (no date stated (live database; each candidate row carries its own filing date)).
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Democratic
No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
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Republican
No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
These candidates are not printed on the November 3 ballot. A voter writes in the name, and the votes count because an official election list certifies the candidacy: the state's own, or a county election board's where the state publishes none. Each line names the list that certifies it; what each has said about data centers stays on their own page.
Labels are applied by the record's published rules: two readings of each statement, and a third that reads its source where the two differ. Every label sits beside its statement and its source, and any label can be challenged through Report a change, with the correction logged on the corrections page.
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No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Colin Allred.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Colin Allred.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Patrick David Gillespie.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Patrick David Gillespie.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
Candidates and their order come from the Texas Secretary of State's list (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026. Every candidate, by state · How the record reads leaders.
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