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Kent County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 81% of the vote for governor in Kent County. The margin is 14.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Kent County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton

80.2%295

James Talarico

16.8%62

Ted Brown

3.0%11

99% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott

80.6%304

Gina Hinojosa

18.3%69

Pat Dixon

1.1%4

99% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 19th District

Tom Sell

89.6%302

Kyle Rable

10.4%35

99% counted

Whole district: Tom Sell wins. Called.

The leader in Kent 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, 9:04 PM.

Compared with 2024

Race	Margin	2024 president	Shift
TX Senate	R +65.3	R +77.3	D +12.0
TX Governor	R +63.0	R +77.3	D +14.3
TX-19	R +79.2	R +77.3	R +2.0

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 Kent County has voted for president

Year	Democrat	Share	Republican	Share	Margin	Votes
2024	Kamala Harris	11.2%	Donald Trump	87.6%	R +76.4	445
2020	Joe Biden	10.2%	Donald Trump	88.9%	R +78.6	459
2016	Hillary Clinton	13.6%	Donald Trump	82.9%	R +69.4	434
2012	Barack Obama	16.3%	Mitt Romney	82.7%	R +66.4	405
2008	Barack Obama	22.1%	John McCain	76.3%	R +54.2	448
2004	John Kerry	26.4%	George W. Bush	73.2%	R +46.7	522
2000	Al Gore	34.5%	George W. Bush	64.6%	R +30.0	536

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 +46.4.

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.