Spreading the Power Around

Electing Executives in Texas and the States


Office
Number States Electing
Texas

Governor 50 Texas Star
Lieutenant Governor 42 Texas Star
Attorney General 43 Texas Star
Treasurer 37 a
Secretary of State 36  
Auditor 25  
Education Commissioner/Superintendent 15  
Comptroller 13 Texas Star
Agriculture Commissioner 12 Texas Star
Board of Education 7 Texas Star b
Insurance Commissioner 6  
Land Commissioner 5 Texas Star
Labor Commissioner 5  
Railroad Commissioner 1 Texas Star c
Adjutant General 1  

Texas Star Texas
 
Source: Derived from The Book of the States, 2002 (Lexington, Ky: the Council of State Governments, 2000), pp.161-8.
 
a Function of elected office of Treasurer, abolished in 1995, shifted to Comptroller.
 
b State Board of Education's fifteen members are elected by districts.
 
c Three Railroad Commission members are elected statewide to staggered terms.