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McLennan County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 56% of the vote for governor in McLennan County. The margin is 16.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in McLennan County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
53.1%44,107
James Talarico
44.6%37,032
Ted Brown
2.3%1,917
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
56.3%46,939
Gina Hinojosa
42.1%35,156
Pat Dixon
1.6%1,331
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in McLennan 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, 9:50 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +8.7R +31.2D +22.5
TX GovernorR +14.4R +31.2D +16.9
TX-17R +18.5R +31.2D +12.7

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 McLennan County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris34.0%Donald Trump64.9%R +30.999,533
2020Joe Biden37.5%Donald Trump60.8%R +23.497,871
2016Hillary Clinton34.2%Donald Trump61.0%R +26.879,075
2012Barack Obama34.5%Mitt Romney64.3%R +29.874,541
2008Barack Obama37.7%John McCain61.6%R +23.979,674
2004John Kerry33.8%George W. Bush65.7%R +32.079,254
2000Al Gore34.1%George W. Bush63.9%R +29.868,789

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 +1.1.

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.