Bryan–College Station: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (Cornyn seat; Paxton R, Talarico D, Brown L); U.S. Representative TX-10 (open: Gober R v Rourk D); Governor and other statewide offices; Texas Senate District 5 (Schwertner (I) R v Thomasson D); Texas House District 12 (Wharton (I) R v Ho D) and District 14 (Dyson (I) R v Dudding D v Miller L); Brazos County offices (not read). City of Bryan general election: Mayor, Single Member Districts 1 and 2, plus a special election on one City Charter amendment. City of College Station general election: Mayor, Places 1 and 2, plus a special election for Place 5 (unexpired term)..

Holding office21
the sitting council
On the ballot31
9 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Bryan–College Station is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): Texas's 10th congressional district (both city halls; 119th and 120th Congress layers) — Michael McCaul (Republican)

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Mayor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
John Nichols ✉️ Elected Mayor Independent City of College Station
Bob Yancy ✉️ Elected Councilmember → Running for Mayor Independent City of College Station
Bobby Gutierrez ✉️ Elected Mayor → Running Independent City of Bryan
Elizabeth Cunha Mayor Running Independent City of College Station
Rafael D. Peña III Mayor Running Independent City of Bryan City Secretary
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Councilmember — Place 1

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Mark Smith ✉️ Elected Councilmember → Running Independent Place 1 City of College Station
Howard Mayne Councilmember Running Independent Place 1 City of College Station
Roy May Councilmember Running Independent Place 1 City of College Station
3

Councilmember — Single Member District 1

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Paul Torres ✉️ Elected Councilmember → Running Independent Single Member District 1 City of Bryan
Chris Scotti Councilmember Running Independent Single Member District 1 City of Bryan City Secretary
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Councilmember — Place 2

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
William Wright ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent Place 2 City of College Station
Chandler Arden Councilmember Running Independent Place 2 City of College Station
Michael Kidd Councilmember Running Independent Place 2 City of College Station
5

Councilmember — Single Member District 2

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Ray Arrington ✉️ Elected Councilmember → Running Independent Single Member District 2 City of Bryan
Chrissy Ransome Councilmember Running Independent Single Member District 2 City of Bryan City Secretary
Jeannette Stewart Moseley Councilmember Running Independent Single Member District 2 City of Bryan City Secretary
6

Councilmember — Place 5

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Padon Holt Councilmember Running Independent Place 5 City of College Station
Tre Watson Councilmember Running Independent Place 5 City of College Station
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Councilmember

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
David White ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent Place 3 City of College Station
James Edge ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent Single Member District 4 City of Bryan
Jared Salvato ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent Single Member District 3 City of Bryan
Kevin Boriskie ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent At Large, Place 6 City of Bryan
Marca Ewers-Shurtleff ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent Single Member District 5 City of Bryan
Melissa McIlhaney ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent Place 4 City of College Station
Scott Shafer ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent Place 6 City of College Station
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Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Greg Abbott Elected Governor → Running Republican Texas Secretary of State
Gina Hinojosa Governor Running Democratic Texas Secretary of State
Pat Dixon Governor Running Libertarian Texas Secretary of State
9

State Representative — HD-12

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Trey Wharton Elected State Representative → Running Republican Texas Legislature Online
Andie Ho State Representative Running Democratic Texas Secretary of State
10

State Representative — HD-14

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Paul Dyson Elected State Representative → Running Republican Texas Legislature Online
Janet Tycelia Dudding State Representative Running Democratic Texas Secretary of State
Jeff Miller State Representative Running Libertarian Texas Secretary of State
11

State Senator — SD-5

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Charles Schwertner Elected State Senator → Running Republican Texas Senate
Paul Thomasson State Senator Running Democratic Texas Secretary of State
12

U.S. Senator

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
John Cornyn Elected U.S. Senator Republican Texas Legislative Council
Ted Cruz Elected U.S. Senator Republican Texas Legislative Council
James Talarico U.S. Senator Running Democratic Texas Secretary of State
Ken Paxton U.S. Senator Running Republican Texas Secretary of State
Ted Brown U.S. Senator Running Libertarian Texas Secretary of State
13

U.S. Representative — TX-10

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Michael McCaul Elected U.S. Representative Republican U.S. House of Representatives
Caitlin Rourk U.S. Representative Running Democratic Texas Secretary of State
Chris Gober U.S. Representative Running Republican Texas Secretary of State
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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

  • Districts: Bryan city hall (30.6744, -96.3700) → CD-10, SD-5, HD-12; College Station city hall (30.6280, -96.3344) → CD-10, SD-5, HD-14 (Census geocoder Current layers: 120th Congress, 2026 legislative; the ACS2025 layers give CD-10 on the 119th Congress for both). Not point-sampled: other House districts may cover parts of either city; only the two city halls' members recorded.
  • Federal/state candidates: Texas SOS Election Results site, 2026 November General Election ("Updated 10/14/2026 07:34 AM"), (I) marks incumbents; robots.txt 404 (no rules). Write-ins skipped. Statewide rows carried over from us-tyler (same SOS listing). McCaul from house.gov/representatives; Schwertner from senate.texas.gov/member.php?d=5 (photo linked, not copied); Wharton and Dyson from Texas Legislature Online MemberInfo (capitol.texas.gov, allowed).
  • City of Bryan (non-partisan; Mayor, five single-member districts and one at-large place): members and printed terms from bryantx.gov/mayor-city-council/; 2026 candidates from the City Secretary's Elections page ("Three Bryan City Council seats are up for the Nov. 3 general election"; filing July 18–Aug. 17) and the signed Notice of General Election (Oct 12, 2026: "to elect a Mayor, one City Councilmember from Single Member District One, and one City Councilmember from Single Member District Two"). The candidates' ballot-application PDFs were NOT opened (the Texas application form carries the candidate's residence address). The only email printed is the shared CouncilWeb@bryantx.gov; office phone not copied.
  • City of College Station (non-partisan; Mayor and six at-large places, four-year terms): members from cstx.gov/your-government/city-council/ with each member's official @cstx.gov email; 2026 candidates from the city's Elections page (General: Mayor, Places 1 and 2; Special: Place 5 unexpired). Candidate filing folders on opendoc.cstx.gov linked (filings), not opened. Mayor Nichols and Place 2's William Wright are not on the 2026 list.
  • Next municipal elections (computed from printed terms, not read): Bryan — November 2028 for SMD 3, 4, 5 and At-Large Place 6; College Station — November 2028 for Places 3, 4, 6.
  • Brazos County Elections (elections.brazoscountytx.gov sample ballot) not opened. No home addresses, phones or personal emails. standsFor null for everyone. Nothing blocked for this place.
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Sources

Prepared 2026-11-01. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.