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Gray County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 80% of the vote for governor in Gray County. The margin is 13.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Gray County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
77.2%4,245
James Talarico
19.4%1,065
Ted Brown
3.4%188
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
80.0%4,410
Gina Hinojosa
17.8%979
Pat Dixon
2.2%122
99% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Gray 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, 7:33 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +59.9R +77.6D +17.7
TX GovernorR +63.7R +77.6D +13.9
TX-13R +65.3R +77.5D +12.2

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 Gray County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris11.2%Donald Trump88.4%R +77.27,570
2020Joe Biden10.7%Donald Trump87.9%R +77.27,782
2016Hillary Clinton9.5%Donald Trump87.8%R +78.37,405
2012Barack Obama12.0%Mitt Romney87.2%R +75.27,389
2008Barack Obama14.2%John McCain85.1%R +71.08,133
2004John Kerry15.0%George W. Bush84.7%R +69.78,572
2000Al Gore16.8%George W. Bush82.2%R +65.48,185

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 +11.8.

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.