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Bell County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) has 49% of the vote for governor in Bell County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 15.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Bell County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Bell County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
51.2%56,562
Ken Paxton
46.1%50,887
Ted Brown
2.8%3,046
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
49.4%54,723
Gina Hinojosa
48.8%54,047
Pat Dixon
1.9%2,061
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 17th District

Pete Sessions
59.4%6,344
Casey Shepard
40.6%4,329
100% counted

Only part of Bell County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Pete Sessions wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 31st District

John Carter
50.0%49,508
Justin Early
48.6%48,169
Greg Stoker
1.4%1,418
100% counted

Only part of Bell County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: John Carter wins. Called.

The leader in Bell County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 4, 12:52 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +5.3R +16.4D +21.7
TX GovernorR +0.6R +16.4D +15.8
TX-17 part of the countyR +18.9R +33.7D +14.8
TX-31 part of the countyR +1.4R +14.5D +13.1

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Bell County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris41.3%Donald Trump57.5%R +16.2130,831
2020Joe Biden44.6%Donald Trump53.2%R +8.5127,745
2016Hillary Clinton39.8%Donald Trump54.7%R +14.994,994
2012Barack Obama41.2%Mitt Romney57.5%R +16.386,206
2008Barack Obama44.7%John McCain54.5%R +9.890,334
2004John Kerry34.1%George W. Bush65.4%R +31.379,724
2000Al Gore33.2%George W. Bush65.1%R +31.963,291

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +15.7.

Other counties in Texas

Texas results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Texas certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Texas's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.