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Ellis County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 53% of the vote for governor in Ellis County. The margin is 22.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Ellis County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
51.2%45,286
James Talarico
46.7%41,351
Ted Brown
2.1%1,887
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
53.3%47,284
Gina Hinojosa
45.0%39,908
Pat Dixon
1.7%1,494
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Ellis 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, 9:42 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +4.5R +31.3D +26.8
TX GovernorR +8.5R +31.3D +22.9
TX-06R +13.4R +31.3D +18.0

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 Ellis County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris34.0%Donald Trump65.0%R +31.099,679
2020Joe Biden32.2%Donald Trump66.2%R +34.085,710
2016Hillary Clinton25.5%Donald Trump70.6%R +45.163,673
2012Barack Obama25.6%Mitt Romney73.1%R +47.454,151
2008Barack Obama28.5%John McCain70.7%R +42.253,853
2004John Kerry25.1%George W. Bush74.5%R +49.446,444
2000Al Gore28.5%George W. Bush69.9%R +41.437,307

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 +10.4.

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.