Texas Rep. Steve Toth Defeats Dan Crenshaw in GOP Primary

Too many people are not discerning through the clickbait.”

Texas’s 2nd Congressional District encompasses parts of northern and eastern Harris County, including suburban communities north of Houston. The district has trended Republican in recent cycles, meaning the GOP nominee typically enters the general election with a structural advantage.

With Crenshaw now out of the race, attention shifts to the general election, where Toth is positioned as the presumptive favorite. Whether the upset signals a broader pattern in Texas politics remains to be seen, but the primary outcome marks one of the most consequential Republican shakeups of the 2026 cycle.