Rio Grande Valley Central Labor Council 2026 General Election Endorsements
Early voting for the general election will be Oct. 19-30, with Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
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No action means that a vote was taken and the voting body decided not to endorse a specific candidate, allowing union affiliates to endorse at-will in that race. If a race is not listed, there was no recommendation from the delegates.
Statewide Endorsements
*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members.
U.S. Senate | James Talarico (D) |
Governor | Gina Hinojosa (D) |
| Lieutenant Governor | Vikki Goodwin (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186) |
Attorney General | Nathan Johnson (D) |
Comptroller of Public Accounts | Sarah Eckhardt (D) |
Commissioner of General Land Office | Benjamin Flores (D) |
Agriculture Commissioner | Clayton Tucker (D) |
Railroad Commissioner | Jon Rosenthal (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice | Maggie Ellis (D) *✊ |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 2 | Chari Kelly (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 7 | Kristen Hawkins (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 8 | Gisela Triana (D) *✊ |
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 | Holly Taylor (D) *✊ |
| 15th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice | Jerry Zimmerer (D) |
| 15th Court of Appeals, Place 2 | Thomas Baker (D) |
15th Court of Appeals, Place 3 | Marc Meyer (D) |
State Board of Education Endorsements
State Board of Education, District 2 | Thomas Garcia (D) |
Congressional Endorsements
District maps available here.
U.S. House, District 15 | Bobby Pulido (D) |
U.S. House, District 34 | Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D), incumbent |
Texas House Endorsements
Texas House, District 31 | Jennifer Dominguez (D) |
Texas House, District 35 | No Action |
Texas House, District 36 | No Action |
Texas House, District 37 | Oziel Ochoa (D) |
Texas House, District 38 | Erin Gamez (D), incumbent |
Texas House, District 39 | Armando Martinez (D), incumbent |
Texas House, District 40 | No Action |
Texas House, District 41 | Julio Salinas (D) *✊ |
The Committee on Political Education (COPE) is the Texas labor movement’s political arm. Local race endorsements have also been made by the local Area Labor Federations and Central Labor Councils.
The list of Texas AFL-CIO COPE 2026 General Election endorsements can be found here.