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Childress County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 79% of the vote for governor in Childress County. The margin is 13.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Childress County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
78.5%1,323
James Talarico
16.7%281
Ted Brown
4.8%81
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
79.0%1,340
Gina Hinojosa
17.7%301
Pat Dixon
3.3%56
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Childress 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, 9:24 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +65.0R +76.7D +11.7
TX GovernorR +63.3R +76.7D +13.3
TX-13R +66.0R +76.7D +10.7

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 Childress County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris11.6%Donald Trump87.7%R +76.12,271
2020Joe Biden13.6%Donald Trump85.1%R +71.52,282
2016Hillary Clinton12.1%Donald Trump86.5%R +74.32,084
2012Barack Obama16.0%Mitt Romney83.4%R +67.41,996
2008Barack Obama21.6%John McCain77.6%R +56.02,296
2004John Kerry23.8%George W. Bush76.0%R +52.12,144
2000Al Gore28.3%George W. Bush70.8%R +42.52,126

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 +33.6.

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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.