2022 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2022 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Texas. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for governor of Texas. Primary elections were held on March 1, with runoffs being held on May 24 for instances in which no candidate received a majority of the initial vote. Texas is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Dan Patrick won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Mike Collier in a rematch of the 2018 election.

Nominee

 * Dan Patrick, incumbent lieutenant governor

Eliminated in primary

 * Trayce Bradford, activist
 * Todd Bullis, businessman and anti-abortion activist
 * Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement
 * Aaron Sorrells, businessman
 * Zach Vance, retired military

Nominee

 * Mike Collier, finance chair of the Texas Democratic Party and nominee for comptroller in 2014 and lieutenant governor in 2018

Eliminated in runoff

 * Michelle Beckley, state representative from the 65th district

Eliminated in primary

 * Carla Brailey, vice chair of the Texas Democratic Party

Withdrawn

 * Matthew Dowd, political consultant, ABC News contributor, and former staffer to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen

Polling

 * Graphical summary

Nominee

 * Shanna Steele, college student and former federal employee

Polling

 * Graphical summary


 * Dan Patrick vs. Michelle Beckley

By congressional district
Patrick won 25 of 38 congressional districts.