Bryan–College Station: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (Cornyn seat; Paxton R, Talarico D, Brown L); U.S. Representative TX-10 (open: Gober R v Rourk D); Governor and other statewide offices; Texas Senate District 5 (Schwertner (I) R v Thomasson D); Texas House District 12 (Wharton (I) R v Ho D) and District 14 (Dyson (I) R v Dudding D v Miller L); Brazos County offices (not read). City of Bryan general election: Mayor, Single Member Districts 1 and 2, plus a special election on one City Charter amendment. City of College Station general election: Mayor, Places 1 and 2, plus a special election for Place 5 (unexpired term)..
Holding office21
the sitting council
On the ballot31
9 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Bryan–College Station is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Texas's 10th congressional district (both city halls; 119th and 120th Congress layers) — Michael McCaul (Republican)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Nichols ✉️ Elected | Mayor | Independent | City of College Station | |
| Bob Yancy ✉️ Elected | Councilmember → Winner 18,365 votes · 59.1% for Mayor | Independent | City of College Station | |
| Bobby Gutierrez ✉️ Elected | Mayor → Winner | Independent | City of Bryan | |
| Elizabeth Cunha | Mayor Concede 12,691 votes · 40.9% | Independent | City of College Station | |
| Rafael D. Peña III | Mayor Concede | Independent | City of Bryan City Secretary |
2
Councilmember — Place 1
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Smith ✉️ Elected | Councilmember → Running | Independent | Place 1 | City of College Station |
| Howard Mayne | Councilmember Running | Independent | Place 1 | City of College Station |
| Roy May | Councilmember Concede 5,795 votes · 22.4% | Independent | Place 1 | City of College Station |
3
Councilmember — Single Member District 1
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Torres ✉️ Elected | Councilmember → Winner | Independent | Single Member District 1 | City of Bryan |
| Chris Scotti | Councilmember Concede | Independent | Single Member District 1 | City of Bryan City Secretary |
4
Councilmember — Place 2
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Wright ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | Place 2 | City of College Station |
| Chandler Arden | Councilmember Winner 15,274 votes · 62.6% | Independent | Place 2 | City of College Station |
| Michael Kidd | Councilmember Concede 9,111 votes · 37.4% | Independent | Place 2 | City of College Station |
5
Councilmember — Single Member District 2
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Arrington ✉️ Elected | Councilmember → Running | Independent | Single Member District 2 | City of Bryan |
| Chrissy Ransome | Councilmember Running | Independent | Single Member District 2 | City of Bryan City Secretary |
| Jeannette Stewart Moseley | Councilmember Running | Independent | Single Member District 2 | City of Bryan City Secretary |
6
Councilmember — Place 5
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padon Holt | Councilmember Running | Independent | Place 5 | City of College Station |
| Tre Watson | Councilmember Running | Independent | Place 5 | City of College Station |
7
Councilmember
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David White ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | Place 3 | City of College Station |
| James Edge ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | Single Member District 4 | City of Bryan |
| Jared Salvato ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | Single Member District 3 | City of Bryan |
| Kevin Boriskie ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | At Large, Place 6 | City of Bryan |
| Marca Ewers-Shurtleff ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | Single Member District 5 | City of Bryan |
| Melissa McIlhaney ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | Place 4 | City of College Station |
| Scott Shafer ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | Place 6 | City of College Station |
8
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Abbott Elected | Governor → Concede 4,524,527 votes · 45.7% | Republican | Texas Secretary of State | |
| Gina Hinojosa | Governor Winner 5,230,789 votes · 52.8% | Democratic | Texas Secretary of State | |
| Pat Dixon | Governor Concede 148,078 votes · 1.5% | Libertarian | Texas Secretary of State |
9
State Representative — HD-12
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Wharton Elected | State Representative → Winner 51,069 votes · 70.3% | Republican | Texas Legislature Online | |
| Andie Ho | State Representative Concede 21,621 votes · 29.7% | Democratic | Texas Secretary of State |
10
State Representative — HD-14
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Dyson Elected | State Representative → Running | Republican | Texas Legislature Online | |
| Janet Tycelia Dudding | State Representative Running | Democratic | Texas Secretary of State | |
| Jeff Miller | State Representative Running | Libertarian | Texas Secretary of State |
11
State Senator — SD-5
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Schwertner Elected | State Senator → Winner 197,912 votes · 53.3% | Republican | Texas Senate | |
| Paul Thomasson | State Senator Concede 173,380 votes · 46.7% | Democratic | Texas Secretary of State |
12
U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cornyn Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | Texas Legislative Council | |
| Ted Cruz Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | Texas Legislative Council | |
| James Talarico | U.S. Senator Winner 5,444,982 votes · 55.1% | Democratic | Texas Secretary of State | |
| Ken Paxton | U.S. Senator Concede 4,249,373 votes · 43% | Republican | Texas Secretary of State | |
| Ted Brown | U.S. Senator Concede 190,237 votes · 1.9% | Libertarian | Texas Secretary of State |
13
U.S. Representative — TX-10
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McCaul Elected | U.S. Representative | Republican | U.S. House of Representatives | |
| Caitlin Rourk | U.S. Representative Concede 138,832 votes · 46.2% | Democratic | Texas Secretary of State | |
| Chris Gober | U.S. Representative Winner 161,425 votes · 53.8% | Republican | Texas Secretary of State |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Districts: Bryan city hall (30.6744, -96.3700) → CD-10, SD-5, HD-12; College Station city hall (30.6280, -96.3344) → CD-10, SD-5, HD-14 (Census geocoder Current layers: 120th Congress, 2026 legislative; the ACS2025 layers give CD-10 on the 119th Congress for both). Not point-sampled: other House districts may cover parts of either city; only the two city halls' members recorded.
- Federal/state candidates: Texas SOS Election Results site, 2026 November General Election ("Updated 10/14/2026 07:34 AM"), (I) marks incumbents; robots.txt 404 (no rules). Write-ins skipped. Statewide rows carried over from us-tyler (same SOS listing). McCaul from house.gov/representatives; Schwertner from senate.texas.gov/member.php?d=5 (photo linked, not copied); Wharton and Dyson from Texas Legislature Online MemberInfo (capitol.texas.gov, allowed).
- City of Bryan (non-partisan; Mayor, five single-member districts and one at-large place): members and printed terms from bryantx.gov/mayor-city-council/; 2026 candidates from the City Secretary's Elections page ("Three Bryan City Council seats are up for the Nov. 3 general election"; filing July 18–Aug. 17) and the signed Notice of General Election (Oct 12, 2026: "to elect a Mayor, one City Councilmember from Single Member District One, and one City Councilmember from Single Member District Two"). The candidates' ballot-application PDFs were NOT opened (the Texas application form carries the candidate's residence address). The only email printed is the shared CouncilWeb@bryantx.gov; office phone not copied.
- City of College Station (non-partisan; Mayor and six at-large places, four-year terms): members from cstx.gov/your-government/city-council/ with each member's official @cstx.gov email; 2026 candidates from the city's Elections page (General: Mayor, Places 1 and 2; Special: Place 5 unexpired). Candidate filing folders on opendoc.cstx.gov linked (filings), not opened. Mayor Nichols and Place 2's William Wright are not on the 2026 list.
- Next municipal elections (computed from printed terms, not read): Bryan — November 2028 for SMD 3, 4, 5 and At-Large Place 6; College Station — November 2028 for Places 3, 4, 6.
- Brazos County Elections (elections.brazoscountytx.gov sample ballot) not opened. No home addresses, phones or personal emails. standsFor null for everyone. Nothing blocked for this place.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-11-01. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Texas Secretary of State — Election Results, 2026 November General Election (pre-election candidate listing, updated 10/14/2026) 11
- City of College Station — Elections ("General and Special Election November 3, 2026": General Election Candidates for Office / Special Election Candidates for Office) 7
- City of Bryan City Secretary — Elections ("Applications for Place on the 2026 Ballot") 4
- City of College Station — City Council ("Elected November 2024") 3
- City of College Station — City Council ("Elected November 2022") 3
- City of Bryan — Mayor & City Council ("November 2022 – November 2026") 3
- City of Bryan — Mayor & City Council ("November 2022 – November 2028") 2
- Texas Legislative Council — Who Represents Me? (U.S. Senators service) 2
- City of Bryan — Mayor & City Council ("May 2022 – November 2028") 1
- City of College Station — City Council ("Elected November 2022 (Mayor); December 2012–2022 (City Council)") 1
- City of Bryan — Mayor & City Council ("December 2022 – November 2028") 1
- U.S. House of Representatives — Directory of Representatives (Texas 10th) 1
- Texas Senate — Senator Charles Schwertner: District 5 1
- Texas Secretary of State — Statewide Elected Officials 1
- Texas Legislature Online — Information for Rep. Paul Dyson (89th Legislature, District 14) 1
- Texas Legislature Online — Information for Rep. Trey Wharton (89th Legislature, District 12) 1