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Harris County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) has 64% of the vote for governor in Harris County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 23.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Harris County is split between 9 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Harris County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
65.6%907,617
Ken Paxton
32.7%451,780
Ted Brown
1.7%23,478
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
63.6%879,134
Greg Abbott
35.0%483,850
Pat Dixon
1.5%20,144
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 2nd District

Shaun Finnie
53.8%82,145
Steve Toth
46.2%70,563
100% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Steve Toth leads.

U.S. House: Texas 7th District

Lizzie Fletcher
70.9%120,223
Alexander Hale
27.8%47,199
Espoir Ngabo
1.2%2,119
100% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Lizzie Fletcher wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 8th District

Laura Jones
68.0%75,237
Jessica Steinmann
32.0%35,481
99% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jessica Steinmann wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 9th District

Leticia Gutierrez
61.9%89,752
Alex Mealer
38.1%55,354
90% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Leticia Gutierrez wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 18th District

Christian Menefee
87.1%149,642
Ronald Whitfield
12.9%22,259
98% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Christian Menefee wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 22nd District

Marquette Greene-Scott
55.6%30,714
Trever Nehls
44.4%24,481
100% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Trever Nehls wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 29th District

Sylvia Garcia
79.9%133,989
Martha Fierro
20.1%33,619
93% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Sylvia Garcia wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 36th District

Rhonda Hart
56.3%54,169
Brian Babin
43.7%42,125
100% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Brian Babin wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 38th District

Jon Bonck
51.5%157,261
Melissa McDonough
47.3%144,397
Alex McMenemy
1.1%3,443
100% counted

Only part of Harris County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jon Bonck wins. Called.

The leader in Harris 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 4, 8:10 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +33.5D +5.6D +27.9
TX GovernorD +29.0D +5.6D +23.4
TX-02 part of the countyD +7.6R +13.7D +21.3
TX-07 part of the countyD +43.6D +26.9D +16.7
TX-08 part of the countyD +35.9D +9.6D +26.4
TX-09 part of the countyD +23.7R +12.3D +36.0
TX-18 part of the countyD +74.1D +58.1D +16.0
TX-22 part of the countyD +11.3R +12.9D +24.2
TX-29 part of the countyD +59.9D +31.0D +28.9
TX-36 part of the countyD +12.5R +9.2D +21.7
TX-38 part of the countyR +4.3R +21.2D +17.0

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 Harris County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris52.0%Donald Trump46.5%D +5.51,555,319
2020Joe Biden56.0%Donald Trump42.7%D +13.31,640,692
2016Hillary Clinton54.0%Donald Trump41.6%D +12.31,312,112
2012Barack Obama49.4%Mitt Romney49.3%D +0.11,188,585
2008Barack Obama50.4%John McCain48.8%D +1.61,171,472
2004John Kerry44.6%George W. Bush54.8%R +10.21,067,968
2000Al Gore42.9%George W. Bush54.3%R +11.4974,822

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 D +16.9.

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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.