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Lee County, Texas

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

2026 results in Lee County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
70.1%4,854
James Talarico
27.7%1,916
Ted Brown
2.2%151
99% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
72.7%5,053
Gina Hinojosa
26.2%1,819
Pat Dixon
1.2%82
99% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Lee 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, 8:29 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +43.4R +60.8D +17.4
TX GovernorR +47.1R +60.8D +13.7
TX-10R +48.3R +60.8D +12.5

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 Lee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.5%Donald Trump79.9%R +60.48,415
2020Joe Biden21.6%Donald Trump77.2%R +55.68,101
2016Hillary Clinton21.0%Donald Trump76.5%R +55.56,535
2012Barack Obama26.2%Mitt Romney72.4%R +46.26,221
2008Barack Obama31.4%John McCain67.6%R +36.36,377
2004John Kerry31.2%George W. Bush68.3%R +37.16,088
2000Al Gore31.3%George W. Bush66.8%R +35.55,536

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 +24.9.

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.