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Cooke County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 76% of the vote for governor in Cooke County. The margin is 12.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Cooke County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
73.6%12,611
James Talarico
24.3%4,159
Ted Brown
2.2%372
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
76.5%13,167
Gina Hinojosa
22.1%3,805
Pat Dixon
1.4%246
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 26th District

Brandon Gill
78.2%13,336
Steven Shook
20.5%3,505
Phil Gray
1.3%220
100% counted

Whole district: Brandon Gill wins. Called.

The leader in Cooke 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, 8:53 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +50.4R +67.4D +17.0
TX GovernorR +55.2R +67.4D +12.2
TX-26R +58.4R +67.4D +9.0

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 Cooke County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.2%Donald Trump83.1%R +66.920,419
2020Joe Biden16.9%Donald Trump82.1%R +65.218,997
2016Hillary Clinton14.7%Donald Trump82.6%R +67.915,955
2012Barack Obama15.7%Mitt Romney83.3%R +67.614,351
2008Barack Obama20.3%John McCain79.0%R +58.715,032
2004John Kerry20.8%George W. Bush78.8%R +58.015,107
2000Al Gore23.4%George W. Bush75.2%R +51.813,469

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 +15.1.

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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.