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Hale County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 66% of the vote for governor in Hale County. The margin is 24.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Hale County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
63.6%4,796
James Talarico
34.0%2,559
Ted Brown
2.4%181
99% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
65.7%4,967
Gina Hinojosa
32.4%2,452
Pat Dixon
1.9%142
99% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Hale 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 +30.4R +58.6D +28.2
TX GovernorR +33.9R +58.6D +24.7
TX-19R +38.3R +58.6D +20.3

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 Hale County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.5%Donald Trump78.5%R +58.09,272
2020Joe Biden23.8%Donald Trump74.9%R +51.19,586
2016Hillary Clinton23.7%Donald Trump71.9%R +48.18,858
2012Barack Obama25.3%Mitt Romney73.3%R +48.08,854
2008Barack Obama27.2%John McCain72.1%R +44.99,943
2004John Kerry20.5%George W. Bush79.0%R +58.610,154
2000Al Gore23.7%George W. Bush75.4%R +51.79,110

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 +6.3.

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.