They are held on years that are even-numbered, but not multiples of four, also known as a midterm, so they do not coincide with the presidential elections.

For about a hundred years, from after Reconstruction until the 1990s, the Democratic Party dominated Texas politics, making part of the Solid South.

In a reversal of alignments, since the late 1960s, the Republican Party has grown more prominent.

By the 1990s, it became the state's dominant political party and remains so to this day, as Democrats have not won a statewide race since the 1994 Lieutenant gubernatorial election.

In a 2020 study, Texas was ranked as the hardest state for citizens to vote in.

[6] Texas has two uniform election dates, the first Saturday in May, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.