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Houston County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 74% of the vote for governor in Houston County. The margin is 6.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Houston County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
71.7%5,341
James Talarico
26.0%1,937
Ted Brown
2.3%169
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
73.8%5,525
Gina Hinojosa
24.9%1,866
Pat Dixon
1.2%93
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Houston 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, 9:09 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +46.8R +55.6D +8.9
TX GovernorR +49.5R +55.6D +6.1
TX-10R +50.3R +55.6D +5.3

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 Houston County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.1%Donald Trump77.4%R +55.49,360
2020Joe Biden24.5%Donald Trump74.7%R +50.29,449
2016Hillary Clinton23.7%Donald Trump74.3%R +50.68,353
2012Barack Obama27.6%Mitt Romney71.6%R +44.08,214
2008Barack Obama30.8%John McCain68.1%R +37.38,624
2004John Kerry33.2%George W. Bush66.4%R +33.28,806
2000Al Gore34.4%George W. Bush64.4%R +30.18,236

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 +25.3.

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.