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Denton County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) got 50% of the vote for governor in Denton County. The margin is 15.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Denton County is split between 3 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Denton County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
53.4%212,026
Ken Paxton
44.9%178,357
Ted Brown
1.7%6,864
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
50.3%200,325
Greg Abbott
48.2%191,967
Pat Dixon
1.4%5,653
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 4th District

Pat Fallon
51.2%20,496
Jason Pearce
48.8%19,529
100% counted

Only part of Denton County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Pat Fallon wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 13th District

Mark Nair
62.7%37,204
Ronny Jackson
37.3%22,138
100% counted

Only part of Denton County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Ronny Jackson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 26th District

Brandon Gill
51.2%150,104
Steven Shook
47.6%139,512
Phil Gray
1.3%3,700
100% counted

Only part of Denton County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Brandon Gill wins. Called.

The leader in Denton 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 7, 1:19 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +8.6R +13.4D +22.0
TX GovernorD +2.1R +13.4D +15.5
TX-04 part of the countyR +2.4R +14.3D +11.9
TX-13 part of the countyD +25.4D +7.1D +18.3
TX-26 part of the countyR +3.7R +17.3D +13.6

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 Denton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris42.7%Donald Trump55.9%R +13.2448,564
2020Joe Biden45.2%Donald Trump53.2%R +8.1417,608
2016Hillary Clinton37.1%Donald Trump57.1%R +20.0298,645
2012Barack Obama33.4%Mitt Romney64.9%R +31.6242,781
2008Barack Obama37.5%John McCain61.6%R +24.2243,263
2004John Kerry29.5%George W. Bush70.0%R +40.5201,410
2000Al Gore27.3%George W. Bush69.6%R +42.3146,790

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 D +29.1.

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.