Steven Shook, a nurse practitioner, is the Democratic nominee for Texas's 26th congressional district in 2026, challenging Republican incumbent Brandon Gill in the Denton County-based district.
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2026 race
Steven Shook, a nurse practitioner, is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 election for Texas's 26th congressional district, which centers on southern and eastern Denton County and includes Cooke County and the southern two-thirds of Wise County.
The incumbent is Republican Brandon Gill, who was elected with 62.1% of the vote in 2024 and won the 2026 Republican primary with 91.1%. Shook won the Democratic primary with 51.1% of the vote, defeating industrial engineer Ernest Lineberger, the party's 2024 nominee for the district, who took 48.9%.
In the November 3, 2026, general election Shook faces Gill.