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Erath County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 74% of the vote for governor in Erath County. The margin is 18.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Erath County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
71.5%10,084
James Talarico
25.6%3,609
Ted Brown
2.9%414
99% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
73.7%10,434
Gina Hinojosa
24.3%3,446
Pat Dixon
2.0%287
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Erath 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, 8:41 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +47.3R +68.5D +21.2
TX GovernorR +50.3R +68.5D +18.1
TX-25R +56.9R +68.5D +11.6

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 Erath County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris15.6%Donald Trump83.5%R +67.918,374
2020Joe Biden17.3%Donald Trump81.1%R +63.816,876
2016Hillary Clinton15.5%Donald Trump80.7%R +65.113,893
2012Barack Obama15.8%Mitt Romney82.8%R +67.112,473
2008Barack Obama22.3%John McCain76.8%R +54.514,019
2004John Kerry22.1%George W. Bush77.4%R +55.312,281
2000Al Gore25.2%George W. Bush73.1%R +47.911,115

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 +20.0.

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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.