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This week, the campaign filing deadline came and went, meaning each candidate or elected official set to be on the ballot in 2020 now knows, with few exceptions, who they’ll be facing off against in both the general and primary elections.

Here’s how the races for each Texas Senate seat on the ballot this cycle shaped up:

Senate District 1 — Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Audrey Spanko
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 100.00%

Senate District 4 — Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Jay Stittleburg
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 87.33%

Senate District 6 — Carol Alvarado (D-Houston)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): None
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 100.00%

Senate District 11 — Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Susan Criss, Margarita Ruiz Johnson
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 100.00%

Senate District 12 — Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Randy Daniels, Shadi Zitoon
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 82.98%

Senate District 13 — Borris Miles (D-Houston)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): Richard Andrews, Melissa Morris
• General Opponent(s): William Booher
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 92.50%

Senate District 18 — Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Michael Antalan
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 85.78%

Senate District 19 — Pete Flores (R-Pleasanton)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Roland Gutierrez, Freddy Ramirez, Xochil Peña Rodriguez, Belinda Shvetz
• 2018 special election win percentage: 56.67%

Senate District 20 — Chuy Hinojosa (D-McAllen)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Judy Cutright
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 61.68%

Senate District 21 — Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Frank Pomeroy
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 100.00%

Senate District 22 — Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Robert Vick
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 70.43%

Senate District 24 — Dawn Buckingham (R-Lakeway)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): Clayton Tucker
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 72.39%

Senate District 26 — José Menéndez (D-San Antonio)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): None
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 79.87%

Senate District 27 — Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): Sara Stapleton Barrera, Ruben Cortez
• General Opponent(s): Vanessa Tijerina
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 100.00%

Senate District 28 — Charles Perry (R-Lubbock)

• Incumbent: Running
• Primary Opponent(s): None
• General Opponent(s): None
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 100.00%

Senate District 29 — José Rodríguez (D-El Paso)

• Incumbent: Retiring
• Primary Candidate(s): César Blanco
• General Candidate(s): Bethany Hatch
• 2016 incumbent win percentage: 100.00%