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Lamar County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 73% of the vote for governor in Lamar County. The margin is 13.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Lamar County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
71.6%11,763
James Talarico
26.0%4,273
Ted Brown
2.3%383
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
72.7%11,954
Gina Hinojosa
25.8%4,234
Pat Dixon
1.5%250
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Lamar 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, 8:06 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +46.7R +61.4D +14.7
TX GovernorR +47.7R +61.4D +13.7
TX-04R +51.5R +61.4D +9.9

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 Lamar County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.2%Donald Trump80.2%R +61.021,255
2020Joe Biden20.8%Donald Trump78.2%R +57.421,441
2016Hillary Clinton19.3%Donald Trump78.2%R +59.018,611
2012Barack Obama24.3%Mitt Romney74.6%R +50.317,197
2008Barack Obama28.6%John McCain70.5%R +42.018,362
2004John Kerry30.6%George W. Bush69.0%R +38.417,470
2000Al Gore36.0%George W. Bush63.4%R +27.415,430

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 +33.6.

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.