2018 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election

2018 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election

November 6, 2018
Turnout52.1% 19.3pp
 
Nominee Glenn Hegar Joi Chevalier
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 4,376,828 3,570,693
Percentage 53.2% 43.4%

Hegar:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Chevalier:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Sanders:      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data

Comptroller before election

Glenn Hegar
Republican

Elected Comptroller

Glenn Hegar
Republican

The 2018 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the comptroller of public accounts of Texas. Incumbent Republican comptroller Glenn Hegar ran for re-election to a second term, and won the Republican primary unopposed. Business owner Joi Chevalier narrowly defeated former Austin Community College trustee Tim Mahoney in the Democratic primary. Hegar a second term, but with a greatly reduced margin from his first election, likely due to the down-ballot impact of Democrat Beto O'Rourke's near-victory against Republican Ted Cruz in the concurrent U.S. Senate election. Hegar earned 53% of the vote to Chevalier's 43%.