The Democratic Party of Texas and the Republican Party of Texas placed non-binding advisory questions on March 3, 2026, primary ballots. Democratic ballots will feature 13 questions. Republican ballots will feature 10 questions.
The Democratic and Republican primaries are open, meaning all voters can participate regardless of party affiliation.
An advisory question is a type of ballot measure in which citizens vote on a non-binding question. The largest difference between an advisory vote and any other type of ballot measure is that the outcome of the ballot question will not result in a new, changed, or repealed law or constitutional amendment. Rather, the advisory question symbolically makes the general opinion of the voting population heard regarding the issue at hand.
The Democratic propositions advise:
- Expanding Medicare;
- Supporting "humane and dignified immigration policies and pathways to citizenship";
- Establishing the right to make one's own healthcare decisions, including reproductive rights;
- Addressing the state’s housing crisis;
- Funding all public schools at the same per-pupil rate as the national average;
- Establishing secure online voter registration;
- Preserving the state's natural, cultural, scenic, and recreational resources;
- Legalizing cannabis for adults and automatically expunging criminal records for past low-level cannabis offenses;
- Increasing salaries to the national average and providing a cost-of-living increase based on inflation every two years to current/retired school and state employees;
- Banning racial gerrymandering, banning mid-decade redistricting, and creating a non-partisan redistricting board to redraw lines every 10 years;
- Providing federal tax relief to the working class and having "their tax burden fairly shifted onto the wealthiest;"
- Expanding access to public transportation; and
- Preventing persons with a history of domestic abuse from possessing a firearm.
The Democratic Party last placed advisory questions on the ballot in 2020. The approval rate ranged from 91.5% for a question related to income and corporate taxes to 97.6% for a question related to the right to a clean environment.
The Republican propositions advise:
- Setting property tax valuations at the purchase price and discontinuing property taxes in six years;
- Requiring November elections for local property tax increases;
- Prohibiting the denial of medical care based on vaccination status;
- Requiring public schools teach that life begins at fertilization;
- Banning gender, sexuality, and reproductive clinics and services in K-12 schools;
- Set term limits on all elected officials;
- Banning the export or sale of the state’s groundwater and surface water to any single private or public entity;
- Ending public services for persons in the country illegally;
- Not awarding leadership positions, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships and vice chairmanships, to Democrats in the state legislature;
- Prohibiting Sharia law.
At the 2020, 2022, and 2024 Republican primaries, the party decided on 10, 10, and 13 non-binding advisory questions, respectively. Approval rates ranged from 72.7% on a 2024 question that advised adopting a closed primary system to 98.5% on a 2020 question that advised requiring proof of citizenship to vote and removing noncitizens from voter lists.