Ryan Binkley (R), Darrell Day (R), and five other candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 32nd Congressional District on March 3, 2026. The filing deadline is December 8, 2025. As of November 2025, Binkley and Day led in polling and local media attention.

The primary is taking place in the context of Texas' August 2025 redistricting. An Inside Elections analysis of the new district lines said the 32nd District "was previously a compact, Dallas-based seat with a Baseline of D+22. Now, it stretches from the Dallas suburbs deep into conservative East Texas, giving it a Baseline of R+17. Accordingly, we are changing our rating in this seat from Solid Democratic to Solid Republican." As of November 2025, incumbent Julie Johnson (D) had not announced plans for 2026 pending court challenges to the new maps.

Binkley is the chief executive of a mergers and acquisitions firm and the senior pastor of Create Church in Houston. Binkley ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Binkley says he is running because "America needs a spiritual revival and America needs an economic revival and the time for that revival is now...we're going to win it back for President Trump."

Day is a business owner. Day was the Republican nominee in 2024, losing to Julie Johnson (D) 61%–37% under the old district lines. Day says he is "the MAGA candidate, running to bring honesty, common sense and proven conservative leadership to Congress. I stand on the unshakable foundation of the Bible and the U.S. Constitution to deliver solid solutions for Texans."

Also running in the primary are Aimee Carrasco (R), Monty Montanez (R), Eric Niehaus (R), Tobey Pearson (R), and Zain Shaito (R).

If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers will advance to a runoff on May 26.

Darrell Day (R), Tobey Pearson (R), and Zain Shaito (R) completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. To read those survey responses, click here.