[1][2][3] Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry, who has served in the office since December 21, 2000, when George W. Bush resigned ahead of being sworn in as President of the United States, has announced that he will not run for a fourth full term as governor.

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor David Dewhurst ran for re-election to an unprecedented fourth term in office.

Republican state senator Ken Paxton defeated Democratic attorney Sam Houston with 58.81% of the vote.

Incumbent Republican Comptroller Susan Combs retired and did not seek a third term in office.

[42] When the final results were released, Hegar had come only 50 votes short of winning the primary outright.

On September 18, he announced that he would resign within the next two months, to become President of the Texas Oil and Gas Association.

Declared Incumbent Republican Commissioner Barry Smitherman did not run for re-election to a full term.