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Franklin County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 79% of the vote for governor in Franklin County. The margin is 8.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Franklin County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
76.3%3,236
James Talarico
21.2%898
Ted Brown
2.5%106
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
79.2%3,381
Gina Hinojosa
19.6%835
Pat Dixon
1.3%54
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Franklin 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, 8:50 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +56.6R +69.2D +12.7
TX GovernorR +60.4R +69.2D +8.9
TX-03R +62.2R +69.2D +7.0

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 Franklin County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris15.3%Donald Trump84.3%R +69.05,304
2020Joe Biden16.1%Donald Trump83.1%R +67.05,009
2016Hillary Clinton15.2%Donald Trump81.8%R +66.74,380
2012Barack Obama17.6%Mitt Romney80.9%R +63.34,257
2008Barack Obama23.1%John McCain75.5%R +52.54,491
2004John Kerry24.0%George W. Bush75.5%R +51.64,217
2000Al Gore29.3%George W. Bush69.7%R +40.43,472

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 +28.6.

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.