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Loving County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 82% of the vote for governor in Loving County. The margin is 6.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Loving County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
79.1%53
James Talarico
17.9%12
Ted Brown
3.0%2
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
82.4%56
Gina Hinojosa
13.2%9
Pat Dixon
4.4%3
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Loving 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, 8:10 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +63.1R +79.2D +16.1
TX GovernorR +72.3R +79.2D +6.9
TX-23R +71.0R +79.2D +8.2

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 Loving County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris10.3%Donald Trump88.7%R +78.497
2020Joe Biden6.1%Donald Trump90.9%R +84.866
2016Hillary Clinton6.2%Donald Trump89.2%R +83.165
2012Barack Obama14.1%Mitt Romney84.4%R +70.364
2008Barack Obama15.2%John McCain84.8%R +69.679
2004John Kerry15.0%George W. Bush81.2%R +66.280
2000Al Gore18.6%George W. Bush79.5%R +60.9156

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 +17.5.

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.