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U.S. House · November 3, 2026

Who's running in Texas's 24th congressional district

2 candidates are on the ballot. Below is what each one says they stand for, what they have actually done in office or in public life, and the arguments published for and against them — each quoted from a named source rather than summarised by us.

Candidates
2
Incumbent
Beth Van Duyne
Parties
Republican · Democratic
State primary
Mar 3

Candidates appear in ballot order. We do not rank them, score them, or recommend one — here is how this is put together, and here is what the office actually does.

2 candidates · ballot order · Beth Van Duyne currently holds this seat

Medium confidenceMedium confidenceThe candidate's stated positions and basic record are documented, but coverage is thin — often little independent reporting, or criticism from only one side.What would raise it: More independent reporting, a documented voting record, or published criticism from a named opponent would raise this.

What they say they stand for

Their own words. Claims, not verified facts.

  • Nothing documented in the sources reviewed.

What they’ve actually done

Documented record from official sources.

  • U.S. Representative for the 24th District since January 2021.
  • Mayor of Irving before entering federal service.
  • Regional administrator at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first Trump administration.
  • Advanced from the March 3, 2026 Republican primary.

Arguments in favor

  • She runs on economic recovery for the district — "Getting Texas Back to Work" — and on standing up for "Freedom, Opportunity, and a Stronger, More Empowered American Future" at what she calls "a very fragile time for our nation, our families, and the future of the American Dream."

    — Beth Van Duyne's campaign

  • She won her Republican primary and is part of the "Conservative Squad", a bloc of Republican women positioning itself against the progressive members of the House.

    — Beth Van Duyne's campaign

Arguments against

  • She objected to the certification of electoral college votes, voted against impeaching or convicting Donald Trump for inciting the January 6 attack, and voted against creating an independent commission to investigate it — a record the group grades F, "very poor", on democracy.

    — Republican Accountability PAC, a Republican-founded organisation

  • The same group documents a December 16 letter demanding investigation of unsubstantiated "irregularities", a December 23 post mischaracterising Democratic election integrity concerns, and a January 6 post about voter fraud prosecution that did not acknowledge there was no evidence of widespread fraud.

    — Republican Accountability PAC

What we couldn’t verify

  • Her campaign site names no specific legislative achievement or committee work; what she claims to have delivered for North Texas was not established from the sources found.
  • The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's published case against her dates from the 2020 cycle and a previous opponent, and is not used here.
  • This district was redrawn in Texas's 2025 mid-decade redistricting; how the new boundaries change her position was not established from the sources found.
Their campaign site ↗Sources:bethfortexas.comsos.state.tx.uspolitics1.comen.wikipedia.orgaccountability.gop

What they say they stand for

Their own words. Claims, not verified facts.

  • Medicare for All.
  • Tuition-free public college and trade education.
  • Affordable housing.
  • Restoring abortion rights.
  • Restoring congressional checks and balances on the executive.
  • Immigration reform, civil liberties protections, and an economy built around working people rather than billionaires.

What they’ve actually done

Documented record from official sources.

  • U.S. Marine Corps veteran; over twenty years of service with two Iraq deployments and one to Afghanistan.
  • Resident of Tarrant County.
  • Has not held elected office.
  • Won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary.

Arguments in favor

We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.

Arguments against

We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.

What we couldn’t verify

  • No published criticism of Burge by name could be found: not from Beth Van Duyne or her campaign, not from the National Republican Congressional Committee, and not from Dallas–Fort Worth news coverage. Because no case against him exists on the record, none is presented for him either, rather than showing his own campaign's case unanswered.
  • His positions and record were not stated in material available beyond his campaign site.
  • His fundraising totals were not reported in material available.
Their campaign site ↗Sources:burgeforcongress.comsos.state.tx.uspolitics1.com

Positions and criticism are quoted from the named sources, not our assessments. This is built to help you start getting informed — confirm the official candidate list with your election authority before you vote.

Texas held its primary on March 3, 2026. Republican incumbent Beth Van Duyne and Democrat Kevin Burge are the two candidates on the November ballot. The district was redrawn in Texas's 2025 mid-decade redistricting; it is centred on DFW Airport and takes in northeast Tarrant County suburbs along with the Park Cities and north Dallas. Democrat Julie Johnson, who represented the previous version of the 30th District area, was also drawn into this seat. Roster confirmed against the Texas Secretary of State's certified ballot. Neither candidate is listed with arguments for or against here: Burge criticises Van Duyne by name, but no published criticism of Burge by name could be found, and setting out a case against one candidate and not the other would tilt the page.

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