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BALLOT DRAWING PUBLIC NOTICE
The order in which candidates appear on the ballot is determined by a random drawing. The order – and the drawing – is different for each county.
The Texas Democratic Party will conduct ballot drawings for the counties listed below on Thursday, December 18, 2025, beginning at 9:30 am, via Zoom. Within a Zoom breakout room, the ballot drawing will be conducted for one office at a time, and only for contested races, sequencing through each county that we are drawing for before moving on to the next office.
This page will be kept updated if any technical difficulties arise or offices are moved to another Zoom room (which we may do if one room completes its drawing early).
Zoom Registration
Register in advance:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85603762253?pwd=VBNqXtBAlPpetzHOIM8yMS8X5WpGen.1
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Zoom Room 1
United States Senator
Governor
Lt. Governor
Zoom Room 2
Attorney General
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Commissioner of General Land Office
Commissioner of Agriculture - No Draw Needed, Uncontested
Railroad Commissioner - No Draw Needed, Uncontested
Zoom Room 3
Member of Congress
State Board of Education (all districts, if contested)
Texas Senate
Texas House
Zoom Room 4
Texas Supreme Court & all other Judicial Offices
Zoom Room 5
District Attorney
County Level Offices
County Party Level Offices (Precinct Chair/County Chair)
Counties the TDP will be drawing for:
Hale
Hall
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman
Hardin
Harrison
Hartley
Haskell
Hemphill
Henderson
Hidalgo (Statewides Only)
Hockley
Hood
Hopkins
Houston
Howard
Hudspeth
Hunt
Hutchinson
Irion
Jack
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Johnson
Jones
Karnes
Kenedy
Kent
Kimble
King
Kinney
Kleberg
Knox
Lamar
Lamb
Lampasas
LaSalle (Statewides Only - if Needed)
Lavaca
Lee
Leon
Liberty
Limestone
Lipscomb
Live Oak
Llano
Loving
Lubbock
Lynn
Madison
Marion
Martin
Mason
Maverick
McCulloch
McLennan
McMullen
Medina
Menard
Milam
Mills
Mitchell
Montague
Moore
Morris
Motley
Navarro
Newton
Nolan
Nueces
Ochiltree
Oldham
Orange
Anderson
Andrews
Angelina
Aransas
Archer
Austin
Bailey
Bandera
Bastrop
Baylor
Bee
Bell (Statewides Only if Needed)
Borden
Bosque
Bowie
Brazos
Brewster
Briscoe
Brooks
Brown
Burleson
Caldwell
Calhoun
Callahan
Camp
Carson
Cass
Castro
Chambers
Cherokee
Childress
Clay
Cochran
Coke
Coleman
Collingsworth
Colorado
Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Coryell
Cottle
Crane
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dallam
Dawson
Deaf Smith
Delta
Dickens
Dimmit
Duval
Eastland
Ector
Edwards
Ellis
Erath
Falls
Fannin
Fayette
Fisher
Floyd
Foard
Gaines
Garza
Gillespie
Glasscock
Goliad
Gonzales
Gray
Grayson
Gregg
Grimes
Guadalupe
Palo Pinto
Panola
Parmer
Pecos
Polk
Presidio
Rains
Reagan
Real
Red River
Reeves
Refugio
Roberts
Robertson
Rockwall
Runnels
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
San Patricio
San Saba
Schleicher
Scurry
Shackelford
Shelby
Sherman
Somervell
Starr
Stephens
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Swisher
Taylor
Terrell
Terry
Throckmorton
Titus
Tom Green
Trinity
Tyler
Upshur
Upton
Uvalde
Val Verde
Van Zandt
Walker
Waller
Ward
Washington
Webb (Statewides Only)
Wharton
Wheeler
Wilbarger
Willacy
Winkler
Wise
Wood
Yoakum
Young
Zapata (Statewides Only if Needed)
Zavala
The TDP will not draw for counties on the following list:
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