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El Paso County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) has 70% of the vote for governor in El Paso County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 27.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. El Paso County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in El Paso County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
72.9%160,395
Ken Paxton
25.0%54,889
Ted Brown
2.1%4,672
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
70.2%154,658
Greg Abbott
28.0%61,759
Pat Dixon
1.7%3,840
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 16th District

Veronica Escobar
70.8%139,555
Adam Bauman
29.2%57,562
100% counted

Only part of El Paso County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Veronica Escobar wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 23rd District

Katy Stout
68.6%13,775
Brandon Herrera
27.8%5,577
Ben Mendoza
3.6%729
93% counted

Only part of El Paso County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Katy Stout wins. Called.

The leader in El Paso 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 6, 9:26 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +49.0D +15.3D +33.7
TX GovernorD +42.9D +15.3D +27.6
TX-16 part of the countyD +41.6D +16.5D +25.1
TX-23 part of the countyD +42.4D +1.8D +40.6

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 El Paso County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris56.9%Donald Trump41.8%D +15.1251,655
2020Joe Biden66.8%Donald Trump31.6%D +35.2266,648
2016Hillary Clinton69.1%Donald Trump25.9%D +43.1214,008
2012Barack Obama65.5%Mitt Romney33.1%D +32.4172,412
2008Barack Obama65.9%John McCain33.4%D +32.5185,233
2004John Kerry56.1%George W. Bush43.2%D +12.9169,573
2000Al Gore57.8%George W. Bush39.7%D +18.1145,042

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 +3.0.

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.