McAllen: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) — Hidalgo County, Texas votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (Texas, Cornyn seat; Cornyn not on the general ballot); U.S. Representative TX-15 and TX-28; Governor and other statewide offices; Texas House District 41 at city hall (open seat); Hidalgo County offices. Texas Senate District 20 is NOT up in 2026 (not in the SOS listing). No City of McAllen officer election on November 3, 2026..

Holding office14

the sitting council

On the ballot13

3 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What McAllen is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): Texas's 28th congressional district (city hall, 2026 map); Texas's 15th congressional district also covers the city (sampled points in north/central McAllen) — Monica De La Cruz (Republican)

Mayor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Javier Villalobos ✉️ Elected	Mayor	Independent		City of McAllen

City Commissioner

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Joaquin "J.J." Zamora Elected	City Commissioner	Independent	District 2	City of McAllen
Michael Fallek Elected	City Commissioner	Independent	District 5	City of McAllen
Pepe Cabeza de Vaca Elected	City Commissioner	Independent	District 6	City of McAllen
Rodolfo "Rudy" Castillo Elected	City Commissioner	Independent	District 4	City of McAllen
Rolando "Rolly" Rios Elected	City Commissioner	Independent	District 3	City of McAllen
Tony Aguirre ✉️ Elected	City Commissioner	Independent	District 1	City of McAllen

Governor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
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

State Representative — HD-41

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
R. D. "Bobby" Guerra Elected	State Representative	—	Texas Legislature Online
Gary Groves	State Representative Running	Republican	Texas Secretary of State
Julio Salinas	State Representative Running	Democratic	Texas Secretary of State

State Senator — SD-20

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa Elected	State Senator	Democratic		Texas Legislature Online

U.S. Senator

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
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

U.S. Representative — TX-15

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Monica De La Cruz Elected	U.S. Representative → Running	Republican		U.S. House of Representatives
Bobby Pulido	U.S. Representative Running	Democratic		Texas Secretary of State

U.S. Representative — TX-28

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Henry Cuellar Elected	U.S. Representative → Running	Democratic	U.S. House of Representatives
Marlón Durán	U.S. Representative Running	Green	Texas Secretary of State
Tano E. Tijerina	U.S. Representative Running	Republican	Texas Secretary of State

Notes on this record

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

Candidates from the Texas Secretary of State Election Results listing for the 2026 November General Election (electionresults.sos.state.tx.us/results.html, header 'Updated 10/14/2026 07:34 AM'; robots.txt 404 — no rules; no terms printed). Races read: U.S. Senator — Ken Paxton (R), James Talarico (D), Ted Brown (L); U.S. Rep. District 15 — Monica De La Cruz (R, (I)), Bobby Pulido (D); U.S. Rep. District 28 — Tano E. Tijerina (R), Henry Cuellar (D, (I)), Marlón Durán (Green); Governor — Greg Abbott (R, (I)), Gina Hinojosa (D), Pat Dixon (L); State Rep. District 41 — Gary Groves (R), Julio Salinas (D), no (I). Names printed in capitals; given in normal case. Write-ins skipped. goelect and house.texas.gov not used (robots disallow Claude agents).
Districts from the U.S. Census geocoder (robots.txt 404) at city hall coordinates 26.2041, -98.2297: CD 28 (120th Congressional Districts layer), SD 20, HD 41. Other sampled points inside McAllen: 26.29,-98.26 / 26.26,-98.23 / 26.30,-98.22 → CD 15, SD 20, HD 41; 26.22,-98.27 and 26.23,-98.215 → CD 28, SD 20, HD 41. So two congressional districts (TX-15, TX-28) cover the city; SD-20 at every sampled point; HD-41 at every sampled McAllen point (HD-35 and HD-40 lie at its edges — Palmhurst and Pharr points — and may reach into the city; not confirmed). Several geocoder requests returned HTTP 502 and were not counted.
Mayor and City Commission from the City of McAllen City Commission page (www.mcallen.net/departments/commission; robots.txt 404 — no rules; the only policy link in the footer is a privacy-policy page with no reuse terms). Mayor elected at-large, six commissioners by single-member district, four-year staggered terms. Official city e-mail addresses are printed on that page; only the mayor's and District 1's were captured from the markup.
Municipal election: none on November 3, 2026. The City Secretary's City Elections pages show a May 2, 2026 Special Election (District 5 unexpired term; Michael Fallek now holds District 5) and the next regular election on May 1, 2027 for Commissioners of Districts 4, 5 and 6 (www.mcallen.net/departments/secretary/city-elections/general-election-2027).
Hidalgo County Elections (www.hidalgocounty.us; robots.txt allows /3522): the 'Sample Ballots 2026 General Election' page lists ballot styles by precinct and entity, but no row names the City of McAllen and the precinct lookup tool is marked 'under construction', so the city-hall precinct's sample ballot could not be identified; the SOS listing is the candidate source. County terms of use not located (footer links only County Administrative Policies and ADA Policy).
U.S. Senators from rws.capitol.texas.gov/api/GetSenators (robots.txt 404; party not printed). U.S. Representatives confirmed on www.house.gov/representatives (robots allows). State legislators from capitol.texas.gov member pages (robots.txt does not disallow /Members); TLO prints no party.

Sources

Prepared 2026-10-29. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.