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Ector County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 61% of the vote for governor in Ector County. The margin is 30.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Ector County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
58.3%17,190
James Talarico
39.4%11,608
Ted Brown
2.3%676
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
60.7%17,905
Gina Hinojosa
37.8%11,160
Pat Dixon
1.5%440
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Ector 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, 11:39 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +19.4R +53.3D +33.9
TX GovernorR +23.2R +53.3D +30.1
TX-11R +27.3R +53.3D +26.0

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 Ector County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris23.2%Donald Trump76.1%R +52.942,689
2020Joe Biden25.5%Donald Trump73.3%R +47.844,588
2016Hillary Clinton28.1%Donald Trump68.5%R +40.436,530
2012Barack Obama25.0%Mitt Romney73.8%R +48.932,513
2008Barack Obama25.6%John McCain73.6%R +48.035,606
2004John Kerry23.6%George W. Bush75.7%R +52.136,310
2000Al Gore28.6%George W. Bush69.6%R +40.932,901

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 +11.9.

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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.