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Texas · U.S. House

Texas 17th District

Pete Sessions wins. Called.

99% counted
CandidateVotesShare
Pete Sessions R won 143,524 53.6%
Casey Shepard D 124,433 46.4%
Total267,957

291 of 291 precincts reporting. Precincts reporting is not the same as ballots counted. Last vote update Nov 5, 3:43 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 6:00 PM.

By county

PlaceVotes Margin2024 president ShiftCounted
Williamson 111,576 D +27.1 D +11.7 D +15.3 98%
McLennan 82,411 R +18.5 R +31.2 D +12.7 100%
Hill 13,068 R +54.4 R +64.8 D +10.4 100%
Bell 10,673 R +18.9 R +33.7 D +14.8 100%
Milam 8,584 R +47.2 R +57.7 D +10.5 100%
Bosque 7,671 R +61.5 R +67.9 D +6.3 100%
Johnson 7,663 R +55.5 R +62.5 D +7.0 100%
Freestone 7,291 R +56.7 R +66.7 D +10.0 100%
Limestone 7,194 R +44.8 R +57.3 D +12.6 100%
Robertson 6,906 R +40.1 R +52.5 D +12.4 99%
Falls 4,920 R +36.1 R +45.0 D +8.9 99%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

TimeUpdateTotal votesMargin
+4 votes267,957R +7.1
+12,507 votes267,953R +7.1
+1,625 votes255,446R +8.0
+53 votes253,821R +7.6
Pete Sessions wins——
+167 votes253,768R +7.6
+420 votes253,601R +7.6
+1,019 votes253,181R +7.6
+5,139 votes252,162R +7.4
+5,309 votes247,023R +6.9
+2,274 votes241,714R +7.0
+1,798 votes239,440R +6.6