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Hill County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 74% of the vote for governor in Hill County. The margin is 14.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Hill County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
71.7%9,429
James Talarico
25.6%3,359
Ted Brown
2.7%354
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
74.0%9,741
Gina Hinojosa
24.5%3,222
Pat Dixon
1.6%205
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Hill 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, 8:44 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +47.5R +64.8D +17.3
TX GovernorR +50.3R +64.8D +14.5
TX-17R +54.4R +64.8D +10.4

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 Hill County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.5%Donald Trump81.9%R +64.416,683
2020Joe Biden19.2%Donald Trump79.9%R +60.714,932
2016Hillary Clinton19.6%Donald Trump77.9%R +58.312,970
2012Barack Obama22.8%Mitt Romney75.8%R +53.012,045
2008Barack Obama28.9%John McCain70.2%R +41.313,188
2004John Kerry28.7%George W. Bush70.7%R +41.913,053
2000Al Gore32.8%George W. Bush65.7%R +32.910,735

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 +31.6.

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.