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Brazos County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) got 49% of the vote for governor in Brazos County. The margin is 26.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Brazos County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
51.9%41,425
Ken Paxton
45.9%36,655
Ted Brown
2.2%1,787
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
49.3%39,475
Greg Abbott
48.6%38,883
Pat Dixon
2.0%1,639
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Brazos 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 3, 10:06 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +6.1R +25.2D +31.3
TX GovernorD +0.8R +25.2D +26.0
TX-10R +1.1R +22.9D +21.8

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 Brazos County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris36.9%Donald Trump61.7%R +24.991,833
2020Joe Biden41.6%Donald Trump55.9%R +14.385,053
2016Hillary Clinton34.4%Donald Trump57.6%R +23.267,211
2012Barack Obama31.2%Mitt Romney66.5%R +35.355,962
2008Barack Obama34.9%John McCain63.9%R +28.958,673
2004John Kerry29.7%George W. Bush69.2%R +39.554,309
2000Al Gore26.3%George W. Bush70.0%R +43.746,941

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 +18.8.

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.