Mayes Middleton
Mayes Middleton (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 11. He assumed office on January 10, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Middleton is not running for re-election to Texas State Senate District 11 in 2026.
Middleton (Republican Party) is running for election for Attorney General of Texas. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Republican primary runoff on May 26, 2026.
Biography
Mayes Middleton was born in Wallisville, Texas, and lives in Galveston, Texas.[1][2] He earned bachelor's degrees and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.[1] Middleton's career experience includes working as president of Middleton Oil Company and operating ranching, cattle, and farming operations.[1][3]
Elections
2026
See also: Texas Attorney General election, 2026
Texas Attorney General election, 2026 (May 26 Democratic primary runoff)
Texas Attorney General election, 2026 (May 26 Republican primary runoff)
Texas Attorney General election, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primary)
Texas Attorney General election, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Attorney General of Texas
Nathan Johnson (D), Mayes Middleton (R), Tom Oxford (L), and Omer Khwaja (Independent) are running in the general election for Attorney General of Texas on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Nathan Johnson (D)  | |
 | Mayes Middleton (R) | |
 | Tom Oxford (L) | |
| Omer Khwaja (Independent) | ||
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Democratic primary runoff
Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas
Nathan Johnson (D) defeated Joe Jaworski (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 26, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathan Johnson | 59.4 | 195,221 |
 | Joe Jaworski | 40.6 | 133,220 | |
| Total votes: 328,441 | |||
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Republican primary runoff
Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas
Mayes Middleton (R) defeated Chip Roy (R) in the Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 26, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mayes Middleton | 56.2 | 523,297 |
 | Chip Roy | 43.8 | 407,652 | |
| Total votes: 930,949 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas
Nathan Johnson (D) and Joe Jaworski (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tony Box (D) in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathan Johnson | 48.1 | 1,003,967 |
| ✔ | | Joe Jaworski | 26.4 | 551,898 |
 | Tony Box | 25.5 | 531,177 | |
| Total votes: 2,087,042 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas
Mayes Middleton (R) and Chip Roy (R) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Joan Huffman (R) and Aaron Reitz (R) in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mayes Middleton | 39.1 | 811,171 |
| ✔ | | Chip Roy | 31.6 | 655,064 |
 | Joan Huffman | 15.1 | 312,998 | |
 | Aaron Reitz | 14.2 | 293,698 | |
| Total votes: 2,072,931 | |||
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Libertarian Party convention
Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas
Tom Oxford (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for Attorney General of Texas on April 11, 2026.
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Middleton received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
- U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (R)
- U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden (R)
- U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (R)
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R)
- Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian (R)
- Texas Railroad Commissioner James Wright (R)
- Young Republicans of Texas
- Misfits Midterm Cheat Sheet (Sway voting group by Zack Bonfilio)
- Texas Gun Rights PAC
- Texas Right to Life
- Texas Values Action
- True Texas Project
- Young Conservatives of Texas
- Royce Albrecht - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Christin Bentley - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Bruce Bishop - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Scott Bowen - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Chuck Burnett - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Tisha Crow - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Gaylyn Devine - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Brenda Estis - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Steve Evans - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Jerry Fisher - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Ralph Fite - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Susan Fountain - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Rolando Garcia - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Dale Gibble - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Paul Hale - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Brandon Hodges - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Dale Inman - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Deborah Kelting Fite - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Jon Ker - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Roman Klein - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Melissa Knerr - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Jeneria Lewis - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Dawn McDonald - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Ken Moore - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Milinda Morris - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Matthew Patrick - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Kelly Perry - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Randy Purham - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Jeremy Story - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Adolpho Telles - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Rhonda Ward - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Walter West - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Gwen Withrow - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
- Ed Zenner - Texas State Republican Executive Committee member
2022
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022
General election
The general election was canceled. Mayes Middleton won election in the general election for Texas State Senate District 11.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 11
Mayes Middleton defeated Bob Mitchell, Robin Armstrong, and Bianca Gracia in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 11 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mayes Middleton | 62.8 | 42,083 |
 | Bob Mitchell | 15.4 | 10,322 | |
| Robin Armstrong | 14.4 | 9,638 | ||
 | Bianca Gracia | 7.5 | 4,996 | |
| Total votes: 67,039 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent Mayes Middleton defeated Jeff Antonelli in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mayes Middleton (R) | 60.2 | 47,068 |
| Jeff Antonelli (D) | 39.8 | 31,154 | ||
| Total votes: 78,222 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23
Jeff Antonelli advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeff Antonelli | 100.0 | 8,854 | |
| Total votes: 8,854 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent Mayes Middleton advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mayes Middleton | 100.0 | 14,903 |
| Total votes: 14,903 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 23
Mayes Middleton defeated Amanda Jamrok and Lawrence Johnson in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mayes Middleton (R) | 56.5 | 32,951 |
 | Amanda Jamrok (D) | 41.4 | 24,181 | |
| Lawrence Johnson (L) | 2.1 | 1,234 | ||
| Total votes: 58,366 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23
Amanda Jamrok advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amanda Jamrok | 100.0 | 5,362 |
| Total votes: 5,362 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23
Mayes Middleton defeated incumbent Wayne Faircloth in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mayes Middleton | 57.1 | 7,982 |
 | Wayne Faircloth | 42.9 | 5,999 | |
| Total votes: 13,981 | |||
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
The 2018 Texas state legislative Republican primaries featured conflict between two factions. One group was opposed to House Speaker Joe Straus (R) and his preferred policies on issues like education financing and property taxes. The anti-Straus wing included members of the Texas Freedom Caucus and organizations such as Empower Texans and Texas Right to Life. The other group was supportive of Straus and his policy priorities. The pro-Straus wing included incumbent legislators allied with Straus and organizations such as the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Texas Association of Business. To learn more about these factions and the conflict between them, visit our page on factional conflict among Texas Republicans.
The primaries occurred on March 6, 2018, with runoffs on May 22, 2018. There were 48 contested state legislative Republican primaries, outnumbering contested primaries in 2016 (43) and 2014 (44). To see our full coverage of the state legislative Republican primaries, including who key influencers were backing and what the primaries meant for the 2019 House speaker's race, visit our primary coverage page.
The charts below outline the March 6 primary races for the state Senate and the state House. They show how the factions performed on election night.
| Texas Senate Republicans | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 2 | 1 | |
| Anti-Straus | 1 | 3 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 3 | |
| Open seats | 1 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | - | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | |
| Texas House Republicans | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 20 | 20 | |
| Anti-Straus | 4 | 9 | |
| Unknown | 2 | 5 | |
| Open seats | 15 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | 7 | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 41 | 41 | |
Campaign themes
2026
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Campaign website
Middleton's campaign website stated the following:
THERE’S NOT ANOTHER TEXAS TO MOVE TO, AND I’VE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO DEFENDING IT.
As your Attorney General, I will lead the charge to secure our border, protect Texas kids, ensure fairness in girls’ and women’s sports, protect Texas taxpayers and consumers, ensure strict election integrity, and root out waste, fraud, and abuse from our government.
SECURE THE BORDER
- Sue to stop “sanctuary cities” from ignoring the law and harboring illegal criminals
- Aggressively enforce President Trump’s border security agenda and deportation orders
- Fight tirelessly to eradicate human trafficking
PROTECT BABIES AND CHILDREN
- Uphold pro-life laws to save the most innocent - the unborn
- Stop the radical left’s mission to confuse our children with gender ideology
- Protect kids from being sexualized
CRACK DOWN ON CRIME AND HOLD ROGUE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ACCOUNTABLE
- Support zero-tolerance policies for violent crime and stronger bonds for dangerous offenders to keep criminals off our streets
- Lead efforts to rein in rogue District Attorneys who refuse to enforce the law and put public safety at risk
- Fought to stop quick low bond release of dangerous criminals
SHUT DOWN THE WOKE-LEFT'S RADICAL GENDER AGENDA
- Stop men from invading women’s private spaces
- Ensure biological males can’t unfairly compete against females in sports
ENSURE STRICT ELECTION INTEGRITY
- Ensure only legally qualified U.S. citizen voters vote in our Texas elections
- Enforce our election laws and hold accountable those that refuse to do so
- Enforce Texas’ Voter ID Laws
DOGE TEXAS: ELIMINATE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN GOVERNMENT
- Fight for taxpayers and make all government entities accountable
- Enforce the open records act so it’s easy for taxpayers to know how their dollars are spent
- Hold accountable those who steal from taxpayers
SECOND AMENDMENT CHAMPION
- Co-Authored Constitutional Carry bill
- Law-abiding citizens should not have to ask for the government’s permission or pay a tax to exercise their Constitutional right to bear arms
STOP CRIMINALS THAT ARE IN TEXAS ILLEGALLY
- Arrest and deport dangerous, violent criminals who have entered our country illegally
- Fight for the ability to prosecute any violation of state law including election integrity
PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM SCAMMERS AND FOREIGN THREATS
- Sue corporations for deceptive trade practices to protect consumers
- Fight aggressively to make sure our foreign adversaries are not buying Texas out from underneath us
PROTECT TAXPAYERS AND JOBS
- Stop our tax dollars from being used to fight against Texas values
- Champion taxpayer rights and make sure your dollars aren’t being wasted
- Protect oil and gas jobs, and Texas’ energy independence from far left progressive activists
STOP POLITICIANS FROM PROFITING OFF THEIR POSITIONS
- Public service is not “self-service” and anyone violating the trust of their constituents must be held harshly accountable
— Mayes Middleton's campaign website (November 20, 2025)
2022
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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Committee assignments
2023-2024
Middleton was assigned to the following committees:
- Administration Committee
- Business & Commerce Committee
- Committee of the Whole Senate
- Education Committee
- Jurisprudence Committee
- Senate State Affairs Committee
2021-2022
Middleton was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Middleton was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Scorecards
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2025.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
In 2024, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2023.
- Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2021.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
In 2020, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2019.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Environment Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Eagle Forum — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Candidate Attorney General of Texas |
Officeholder Texas State Senate District 11 |
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Larry Taylor (R) |
Texas State Senate District 11 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Wayne Faircloth (R) |
Texas House of Representatives District 23 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Terri Leo-Wilson (R) |
