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Hockley County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 73% of the vote for governor in Hockley County. The margin is 18.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Hockley County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
71.8%4,627
James Talarico
25.9%1,670
Ted Brown
2.2%143
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
72.8%4,698
Gina Hinojosa
25.7%1,656
Pat Dixon
1.5%100
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Hockley 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, 9:14 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +47.0R +66.7D +19.7
TX GovernorR +47.9R +66.7D +18.8
TX-19R +54.1R +66.7D +12.6

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 Hockley County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.6%Donald Trump82.9%R +66.47,976
2020Joe Biden18.3%Donald Trump80.7%R +62.48,102
2016Hillary Clinton17.2%Donald Trump79.5%R +62.27,311
2012Barack Obama20.8%Mitt Romney77.7%R +56.97,134
2008Barack Obama23.5%John McCain75.8%R +52.37,645
2004John Kerry18.3%George W. Bush81.3%R +63.07,577
2000Al Gore21.0%George W. Bush77.8%R +56.86,745

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 +9.6.

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.