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Clay County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 84% of the vote for governor in Clay County. The margin is 8.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Clay County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
82.5%3,820
James Talarico
14.5%674
Ted Brown
3.0%139
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
84.2%3,911
Gina Hinojosa
14.0%650
Pat Dixon
1.9%86
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Clay 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, 9:54 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +70.0R +80.1D +10.1
TX GovernorR +71.5R +80.1D +8.6
TX-13R +74.1R +80.1D +6.0

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 Clay County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris9.9%Donald Trump89.5%R +79.65,910
2020Joe Biden10.7%Donald Trump88.1%R +77.55,752
2016Hillary Clinton10.7%Donald Trump87.2%R +76.55,018
2012Barack Obama14.6%Mitt Romney84.4%R +69.75,057
2008Barack Obama20.3%John McCain78.9%R +58.65,339
2004John Kerry24.6%George W. Bush75.1%R +50.55,288
2000Al Gore31.5%George W. Bush67.1%R +35.64,637

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 +44.0.

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.