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Henderson County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 74% of the vote for governor in Henderson County. The margin is 12.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Henderson County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
71.8%22,301
James Talarico
25.7%7,976
Ted Brown
2.6%796
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
74.4%23,212
Gina Hinojosa
24.1%7,536
Pat Dixon
1.5%463
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Henderson 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, 8:24 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +47.3R +63.9D +16.6
TX GovernorR +51.0R +63.9D +12.9
TX-05R +53.8R +63.9D +10.0

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 Henderson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.9%Donald Trump81.4%R +63.538,549
2020Joe Biden19.4%Donald Trump79.5%R +60.136,368
2016Hillary Clinton18.9%Donald Trump78.7%R +59.830,045
2012Barack Obama22.1%Mitt Romney76.8%R +54.727,627
2008Barack Obama27.3%John McCain71.9%R +44.628,993
2004John Kerry29.5%George W. Bush70.1%R +40.628,849
2000Al Gore34.0%George W. Bush64.8%R +30.825,627

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 +32.6.

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.