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Kleberg County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) got 54% of the vote for governor in Kleberg County. The margin is 22.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Kleberg County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
56.3%4,591
Ken Paxton
41.3%3,372
Ted Brown
2.4%196
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
54.2%4,458
Greg Abbott
44.5%3,661
Pat Dixon
1.3%105
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 34th District

Vicente Gonzalez
52.8%4,276
Eric Flores
43.7%3,534
Chris Royal
2.0%161
Eddie Espinoza
1.5%121
100% counted

Whole district: Vicente Gonzalez wins. Called.

The leader in Kleberg 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, 8:50 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +15.3R +12.8D +28.1
TX GovernorD +9.8R +12.8D +22.6
TX-34D +9.5R +12.7D +22.2

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 Kleberg County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris43.3%Donald Trump56.0%R +12.710,026
2020Joe Biden48.5%Donald Trump50.2%R +1.811,097
2016Hillary Clinton49.6%Donald Trump45.9%D +3.79,512
2012Barack Obama53.4%Mitt Romney45.6%D +7.88,907
2008Barack Obama53.2%John McCain46.0%D +7.29,876
2004John Kerry45.6%George W. Bush53.8%R +8.29,973
2000Al Gore48.7%George W. Bush49.2%R +0.59,194

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 +12.2.

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.