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Howard County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 71% of the vote for governor in Howard County. The margin is 18.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Howard County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
68.9%4,858
James Talarico
28.6%2,015
Ted Brown
2.5%179
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
71.3%5,046
Gina Hinojosa
26.9%1,900
Pat Dixon
1.8%129
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Howard 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, 8:28 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +41.4R +63.3D +21.9
TX GovernorR +45.3R +63.3D +18.0
TX-19R +48.1R +63.3D +15.2

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 Howard County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.3%Donald Trump81.1%R +62.99,637
2020Joe Biden20.2%Donald Trump78.7%R +58.410,239
2016Hillary Clinton20.3%Donald Trump76.1%R +55.88,723
2012Barack Obama24.3%Mitt Romney74.2%R +49.98,695
2008Barack Obama26.3%John McCain72.5%R +46.39,689
2004John Kerry26.1%George W. Bush73.3%R +47.210,201
2000Al Gore28.7%George W. Bush69.8%R +41.19,548

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 +21.8.

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.