Key facts
- TexPolls said Steve Toth won with 51.0% to Shaun Finnie's 49.0%, as called by the Associated Press.
- The primary report, citing Decision Desk HQ, projected Toth the winner with nearly 51% to Finnie's 49%.
- TexPolls said results are unofficial until the canvass and counts can still change.
- Toth defeated Rep. Dan Crenshaw in the March 3 Republican primary, per TexPolls.
- TexPolls said Sen. Ted Cruz backed Toth, who won the primary by about 15 points.
Steve Toth, a Republican state representative, won Texas's 2nd Congressional District with 51.0% of the vote to Democrat Shaun Finnie's 49.0%, according to a TexPolls page that attributed the call to the Associated Press. The primary report, citing Decision Desk HQ, projected Toth as the winner with nearly 51% to Finnie's 49%.
The district covers parts of Harris and Montgomery counties and takes in northwest Houston and The Woodlands. TexPolls described it as a solidly Republican suburban district and said results are unofficial until the canvass, with counts able to change as counties process remaining mail, military and provisional ballots.
The seat was open because Toth defeated Rep. Dan Crenshaw in the March 3 Republican primary. TexPolls said Crenshaw was the only Texas Republican in the U.S. House seeking reelection without Trump's endorsement, and that Sen. Ted Cruz backed Toth, who won by about 15 points. Cook Political Report and Inside Elections both rated the general election Solid Republican.