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Hays County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) has 63% of the vote for governor in Hays County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 21.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Hays County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Hays County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
65.0%77,844
Ken Paxton
33.0%39,480
Ted Brown
2.0%2,369
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
62.7%75,219
Greg Abbott
35.8%42,903
Pat Dixon
1.5%1,828
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 21st District

Kristin Hook
61.1%32,797
Mark Teixeira
38.9%20,855
100% counted

Only part of Hays County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Mark Teixeira wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 27th District

Tanya Lloyd
64.5%41,376
Michael Cloud
35.5%22,788
100% counted

Only part of Hays County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Michael Cloud leads.

The leader in Hays 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, 10:47 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +32.7D +5.7D +27.0
TX GovernorD +27.4D +5.7D +21.6
TX-21 part of the countyD +22.3D +3.6D +18.7
TX-27 part of the countyD +29.0D +7.4D +21.6

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 Hays County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris52.2%Donald Trump46.5%D +5.6125,652
2020Joe Biden54.4%Donald Trump43.6%D +10.8109,196
2016Hillary Clinton46.0%Donald Trump46.9%R +0.872,164
2012Barack Obama43.3%Mitt Romney53.7%R +10.459,011
2008Barack Obama48.1%John McCain50.2%R +2.059,052
2004John Kerry42.1%George W. Bush56.5%R +14.547,823
2000Al Gore33.2%George W. Bush58.8%R +25.634,317

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 +31.2.

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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.