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The Claim

Texas's 23rd congressional district had a Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) rating of R+7 heading into the 2026 elections.

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The Short Version

The available evidence supports R+7 for Texas's 23rd district in the 2026 cycle. The main contrary figures, such as R+5, refer to the prior 2024 cycle and do not directly rebut a later Cook update. The remaining caveat is that the exact 2026 Cook entry is not directly accessible in the provided primary-source material.

Caveats

  • The strongest support for R+7 comes from tertiary sources, not a directly viewable Cook Political Report listing.
  • Some widely cited pages list TX-23 as R+5, but those references appear to describe the 2024 cycle rather than 2026.
  • Cook PVI is cycle-specific; using an older rating without checking the post-2024 update can produce an apparent mismatch.

The Receipts

  1. PVI Map and District List

    Cook Political Report

  2. Texas' 23rd Congressional District

    Ballotpedia

  3. The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

    Ballotpedia

  4. Texas's 23rd congressional district

    Wikipedia

  5. TX-23 2026 | Cook Political Report

    Cook Political Report

  6. Cook Political Report | Non-Partisan Political Analysis for US ...

    Cook Political Report

  7. Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2026

    Ballotpedia

  8. 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

    Wikipedia

  9. 1.20.2026 - The Cook Political Report - Facebook

    Facebook

  10. How to Build a House [Majority]

    Third Way

+ 9 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

2026 United States House Of Representatives ElectionsCook Partisan Voting IndexTexas's 23rd Congressional District

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