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Gaines County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 82% of the vote for governor in Gaines County. The margin is 16.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Gaines County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
80.4%3,846
James Talarico
17.0%812
Ted Brown
2.7%128
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
81.6%3,925
Gina Hinojosa
16.4%788
Pat Dixon
2.0%95
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Gaines 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, 8:08 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +65.1R +83.1D +18.0
TX GovernorR +66.6R +83.1D +16.6
TX-19R +70.3R +83.1D +12.8

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 Gaines County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris8.4%Donald Trump91.2%R +82.86,407
2020Joe Biden9.6%Donald Trump89.3%R +79.75,997
2016Hillary Clinton12.9%Donald Trump84.6%R +71.64,620
2012Barack Obama13.2%Mitt Romney85.7%R +72.54,066
2008Barack Obama16.0%John McCain83.2%R +67.24,067
2004John Kerry14.6%George W. Bush85.0%R +70.44,164
2000Al Gore20.9%George W. Bush77.8%R +56.93,459

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 +25.9.

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.