The 2026 primaries are fast approaching, with early voting starting Feb. 17. ATPE’s Teach the Vote has recently released some important new candidate information that you’ll want to check out before you cast your ballot. 

How you can research candidates on ATPE’s Teach the Vote 

ATPE has been working hard since the Dec. 8 filing deadline to send candidate surveys to every candidate on the ballot for governor, lieutenant governor, and the Texas House, Texas Senate, and State Board of Education. As each candidate returns our survey, it is uploaded to their profile here on Teach the Vote. There, you can search for candidates using your address or simply by searching their name. That will bring up their candidate profile, including their survey responses. It will also bring up any past survey responses they have completed. 

If one of the candidates in your area has not filled out the Teach the Vote survey, please contact them and request they do so! We have an Advocacy Central campaign right now for you to reach out to your elected officials and encourage them to complete the survey if they have not done so.  

Explore incumbent voting records on ATPE’s Teach the Vote 

In addition to candidate surveys, ATPE has released our 2025 vote records for each incumbent. ATPE tracks important votes taken in the House and Senate, and how each incumbent voted is logged on their candidate profile. You can see the candidate’s vote record on major education bills this session as well as during past sessions. Taking the time to educate yourself on the candidate’s vote record is a great way to get to know their history and positions on issues related to public education. You can find these records by searching for a candidate on Teach the Vote, clicking their name to bring up their candidate profile, and then choosing the voting record tab on the top right of their candidate profile.