| Election Name: | 2022 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Texas |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Texas elections#Lieutenant governor |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Image1: | Dan Patrick Texas (alt crop).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Dan Patrick |
| Party1: | Republican Party of Texas |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,317,692 |
| Percentage1: | 53.75% |
| Nominee2: | Mike Collier |
| Party2: | Texas Democratic Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,492,544 |
| Percentage2: | 43.48% |
| Map Size: | 310px |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Before Election: | Dan Patrick |
| Before Party: | Republican Party of Texas |
| After Election: | Dan Patrick |
| After Party: | Republican Party of Texas |
The 2022 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Texas. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for governor of Texas. Primary elections were held on March 1, with runoffs being held on May 24 for instances in which no candidate received a majority of the initial vote. Texas is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Dan Patrick won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Mike Collier in a rematch of the 2018 election.[1]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Trayce Bradford | Todd Bullis | Daniel Miller | Dan Patrick | Aaron Sorrells | Zach Vance | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Tyler | February 8–15, 2022 | 579 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 54% | 2% | 3% | – | 31% | ||
| YouGov/UT | January 28 – February 7, 2022 | 375 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 82% | 2% | 4% | 3% | – | ||
| UT Tyler | January 18–25, 2022 | 514 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 42% | 1% | 1% | – | 48% | ||
| YouGov/UH | January 14–24, 2022 | 490 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 52% | 3% | 2% | – | 36% | ||
| YouGov/UT/TT | October 22–31, 2021 | 554 (RV) | ± 4.2% | – | – | – | 56% | – | – | 9% | 36% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Michelle Beckley | Carla Brailey | Mike Collier | Matthew Dowd | Other | Undecided | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Tyler | February 8–15, 2022 | 479 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 18% | 15% | 21% | – | – | 46% | |||||||
| YouGov/UT | January 28 – February 7, 2022 | 336 (LV) | ± 5.4% | 27% | 23% | 46% | – | 4% | – | |||||||
| UT Tyler | January 18–25, 2022 | 458 (LV) | ± 5.4% | 17% | 11% | 13% | – | – | 59% | |||||||
| YouGov/UH | January 14–24, 2022 | 616 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 10% | 10% | 21% | – | – | 59% | |||||||
| Dowd withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
| UT Tyler | November 9–16, 2021 | 468 (LV) | ± 4.9% | – | – | 35% | 20% | 29% | 16% | |||||||
| YouGov/UT/TT | October 22–31, 2021 | 436 (RV) | ± 4.7% | – | – | 17% | 13% | 4% | 67% | |||||||
| YouGov/TXHPF | October 14–27, 2021 | – (LV) | – | – | – | 26% | 16% | – | 58% | |||||||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Michelle Beckley | Mike Collier | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Tyler | May 2–10, 2022 | 501 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 31% | 19% | 50% | ||
| YouGov/TXHPF | March 18–28, 2022 | 435 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 31% | 43% | 26% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Dan Patrick (R) | Mike Collier (D) | Shanna Steele (L) | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS Research (R) | November 2–5, 2022 | 786 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 46% | 38% | 6% | – | 9% | ||
| UT Tyler | October 17–24, 2022 | 1,330 (RV) | ± 2.9% | 39% | 32% | 5% | 4% | 18% | ||
| 973 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 44% | 35% | 5% | 3% | 13% | ||||
| Emerson College | October 17–19, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 47% | 42% | 3% | – | 7% | ||
| Siena College | October 16–19, 2022 | 649 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 49% | 41% | – | 1% | 9% | ||
| ActiVote | June 23 – September 21, 2022 | 250 (LV) | ± 6.0% | 46% | 38% | 17% | – | – | ||
| Siena College | September 14–18, 2022 | 651 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 49% | 40% | – | – | 11% | ||
| Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation | September 6–15, 2022 | 1,172 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 48% | 42% | 2% | – | 8% | ||
| UT Tyler | September 7–13, 2022 | 1,243 (RV) | ± 2.9% | 39% | 28% | 8% | 5% | 20% | ||
| YouGov/UT | August 26 – September 6, 2022 | 1,200 (RV) | ± 2.8% | 39% | 32% | 4% | 4% | 20% | ||
| YouGov/UH/TSU | August 11–29, 2022 | 1,312 (LV) | ± 2.7% | 49% | 43% | – | – | 8% | ||
| UT Tyler | August 1–7, 2022 | 1,384 (RV) | ± 2.8% | 36% | 28% | 8% | 7% | 21% | ||
| 1,199 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 39% | 30% | 6% | 6% | 18% | ||||
| YouGov/UH | June 27 – July 7, 2022 | 1,169 (RV) | ± 2.9% | 45% | 41% | – | – | 14% | ||
| 1,006 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 48% | 43% | – | – | 9% | ||||
| YouGov/UT | June 16–24, 2022 | 1,200 (RV) | ± 2.8% | 38% | 26% | 5% | 6% | 25% | ||
| YouGov/TXHPF | March 18–28, 2022 | 1,139 (LV) | ± 2.6% | 49% | 43% | – | – | 8% |
Patrick won 25 of 38 congressional districts.[13]