As early voting begins for the 2026 primary election, both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have finalized the non-binding propositions that will appear on primary ballots across Texas.
These propositions serve as advisory measures rather than enforceable law. Their purpose is to signal voter sentiment and help shape each party’s legislative priorities for the 2027 session.
Republican Propositions
The GOP propositions were approved during a September 6 meeting by a 59–3 vote, with two abstentions. The 10 proposed items address a range of policy topics that have featured prominently in recent campaigns.
The Republican primary propositions are:
Texas property taxes should be assessed at the purchase price and phased out entirely over the next six years through spending reductions.Texas should require any local government budget that raises property taxes to be approved by voters at a November general election.Texas should prohibit denial of healthcare or any medical service based solely on the patient's vaccination status.Texas should require its public schools to teach that life begins at fertilization.Texas should ban gender, sexuality, and reproductive clinics and services in K-12 schools.Texas should enact term limits on all elected officials.Texas should ban the large-scale export or sale of groundwater and surface water to any single private or public entity.The Texas Legislature should reduce the burden of illegal immigration on taxpayers by ending public services for illegal aliens.The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature should stop awarding leadership positions, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships and vice chairmanships, to Democrats.Texas should prohibit Sharia Law.These measures reflect policy debates that have surfaced in several Republican campaigns, including taxation, education policy, immigration, and water resource management.
Democratic Propositions
Sample ballot propositions for Democrats were posted by Tarrant County, following action by the State Democratic Executive Committee. The party has placed 13 propositions on its primary ballot.
The Democratic primary propositions are:
Texas should expand Medicaid and ensure access to affordable healthcare for all.Texans should support humane and dignified immigration policies and pathways to citizenship.Texans should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions, including reproductive rights.Texas should address the state’s housing crisis in affordability and access in both urban and rural communities.Texas should fund all public schools at the same per-pupil rate as the national average.Secure online voter registration should be accessible to all eligible Texas residents.Texas should have a clean and healthy environment that includes water, air, and biodiversity, and preserve natural and recreational resources.Texas should legalize cannabis for adults and automatically expunge criminal records for past low-level cannabis offenses.Texas should raise salaries to at least the national average and provide cost-of-living increases every two years for current and retired school and state employees.Texas should ban racially motivated redistricting, prohibit mid-decade redistricting, and create a non-partisan redistricting board to redraw lines every 10 years.The working class should be eligible for greater federal income tax relief and have their tax burden shifted toward higher earners.Texas should expand accessible public transportation in rural and urban communities.Texas should implement “red flag” laws to prevent individuals with a history of domestic abuse from purchasing firearms.
While these propositions are non-binding, they provide insight into the priorities and policy directions each party may pursue following the 2026 elections.
