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Briscoe County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 84% of the vote for governor in Briscoe County. The margin is 9.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Briscoe County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
84.1%498
James Talarico
14.0%83
Ted Brown
1.9%11
99% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
84.4%504
Gina Hinojosa
14.6%87
Pat Dixon
1.0%6
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Briscoe 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, 7:52 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +71.4R +80.5D +9.1
TX GovernorR +70.6R +80.5D +9.9
TX-13R +75.2R +80.5D +5.3

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 Briscoe County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris9.7%Donald Trump89.5%R +79.8744
2020Joe Biden10.8%Donald Trump88.1%R +77.4725
2016Hillary Clinton12.4%Donald Trump84.9%R +72.6736
2012Barack Obama16.7%Mitt Romney82.3%R +65.7702
2008Barack Obama24.7%John McCain74.3%R +49.6830
2004John Kerry23.6%George W. Bush76.4%R +52.9811
2000Al Gore29.0%George W. Bush70.5%R +41.5772

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 R +38.4.

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.