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Cherokee County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 73% of the vote for governor in Cherokee County. The margin is 15.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Cherokee County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
70.7%11,739
James Talarico
26.9%4,468
Ted Brown
2.4%394
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
72.9%12,117
Gina Hinojosa
25.5%4,241
Pat Dixon
1.6%273
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Cherokee 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, 8:29 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +44.9R +63.2D +18.3
TX GovernorR +48.1R +63.2D +15.0
TX-01R +50.4R +63.2D +12.8

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 Cherokee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.3%Donald Trump81.0%R +62.820,478
2020Joe Biden21.6%Donald Trump77.4%R +55.819,509
2016Hillary Clinton20.7%Donald Trump76.9%R +56.316,790
2012Barack Obama24.0%Mitt Romney75.0%R +51.016,126
2008Barack Obama28.1%John McCain71.2%R +43.216,417
2004John Kerry28.0%George W. Bush71.5%R +43.515,839
2000Al Gore32.7%George W. Bush66.0%R +33.314,537

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 +29.4.

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.