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Menard County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 76% of the vote for governor in Menard County. The margin is 12.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Menard County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
72.7%570
James Talarico
22.8%179
Ted Brown
4.5%35
99% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
75.8%599
Gina Hinojosa
22.2%175
Pat Dixon
2.0%16
99% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Menard 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, 7:33 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +52.2R +67.0D +14.8
TX GovernorR +54.8R +67.0D +12.2
TX-11R +62.7R +67.0D +4.3

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 Menard County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.4%Donald Trump82.9%R +66.51,039
2020Joe Biden19.2%Donald Trump80.1%R +60.91,028
2016Hillary Clinton17.8%Donald Trump78.9%R +61.1864
2012Barack Obama20.1%Mitt Romney78.3%R +58.2849
2008Barack Obama29.0%John McCain69.9%R +41.01,018
2004John Kerry30.0%George W. Bush69.0%R +39.01,103
2000Al Gore33.7%George W. Bush64.8%R +31.1990

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 +35.4.

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.