The 2026 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to select the next Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Incumbent Republican Comptroller Glenn Hegar was elected to a third term with 56.4% of the vote in 2022; he resigned on July 1, 2025, to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University System and was succeeded by his chief clerk Kelly Hancock as acting Comptroller.

Hancock ran for a full term, but lost the primary to former state senator Don Huffines. Not long after losing the primary, Hancock announced that he would also resign from the office. Governor Greg Abbott then appointed Huffines to serve out the remainder of the term as acting Comproller.

Huffines is facing the Democratic nominee state senator Sarah Eckhardt in the general election.

Republican primary

Background In March 2025, it was announced that Glenn Hegar would resign to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick and former State Senator Don Huffines announced their candidacy. In July 2025, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Kelly Hancock to serve as acting Comptroller until the election. Hancock had been serving as a State Senator from District 9, but resigned prior to his appointment to become chief clerk of the Comptroller's office in order to get around state law barring the Governor's appointment of legislators during their terms.

Candidates Nominee Don Huffines, former state senator from the 16th district (2015–2019) and candidate for governor in 2022 Eliminated in primary Michael Berlanga, candidate for Texas House of Representatives in 2018 Christi Craddick, member of the Texas Railroad Commission (2012–present) and daughter of former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Tom Craddick Kelly Hancock, acting comptroller (2025–present) and former state senator from the 9th district (2013–2025)

Endorsements

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error ChristiCraddick KellyHancock DonHuffines Other UndecidedUniversity of Houston/YouGovJanuary 20–31, 2026550 (LV)± 4.2%21%13%33%4%29%Texas Southern UniversityAugust 6–12, 20251,500 (LV)± 2.5%22%10%21%–47%

Results

Democratic primary Background Following the announcement that longtime U.S. Representative Michael McCaul was retiring from Congress, state senator Sarah Eckhardt announced her intention to run for the position. On the candidate filing deadline, Eckhardt announced that she was instead going to run for Comptroller.

Candidates Nominee Sarah Eckhardt, state senator from the 14th district (2020–present) Eliminated in primary Michael Lange, candidate for Texas Land Commissioner in 2022 Savant Moore, entrepreneur

Endorsements

Results

Third party conventions Candidates Declared Alonzo Echavarria-Garza, (Libertarian) Hearne city manager and nominee in 2022 Shehla Faizi, (Green)

General election The March 3 primaries resulted in Don Huffines and Sarah Eckhardt winning their respective primaries by wide margins.

On July 1, 2026 acting comptroller Hancock announced that he would be resigning from his office at the end of the month. The next day Governor Abbott announced that he would be appointing Huffines to serve out the remainder of Hancock's term.

Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of September 24, 2026CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handDon Huffines (R)$6,223,468$5,314,316$1,924,830Sarah Eckhardt (D)$823,742$561,451$335,136Alonzo Echavarria-Garza (L)$394$0$0Shehla Faizi (G)$7,700$3,781$3,333Source: Texas Ethics Commission

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error DonHuffines (R) SarahEckhardt (D) Other UndecidedStratus Intelligence (R)September 22–24, 2026865 (LV)±3.5%49%43%8%Texas Public Opinion ResearchSeptember 19–22, 20261,007 (LV)±3.6%46%43%4%7%Texas Southern UniversitySeptember 15–19, 20261,800 (LV)±2.3%47%39%3%11%Texas Public Opinion ResearchAugust 21–24, 20261,000 (LV)±3.3%43%41%4%11%University of Texas/Texas Politics ProjectAugust 5–13, 20261,200 (RV)±2.83%41%34%4%21%Texas Southern UniversityJuly 27–30, 20261,200 (LV)±2.8%46%39%2%13%University of Texas/YouGovJune 5–12, 20261,200 (RV)± 3.47%40%34%4%21%

Results

Notes

References

External links Official campaign websites Sarah Eckhardt (D) for Comptroller Shela Faizi (G) for Comptroller Don Huffines (R) for Comptroller