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Midland County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 70% of the vote for governor in Midland County. The margin is 18.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Midland County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
67.5%29,740
James Talarico
30.1%13,236
Ted Brown
2.4%1,063
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
70.0%30,904
Gina Hinojosa
28.3%12,480
Pat Dixon
1.8%777
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Midland 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, 8:44 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +38.4R +61.1D +22.7
TX GovernorR +42.5R +61.1D +18.6
TX-11R +47.7R +61.1D +13.4

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 Midland County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.3%Donald Trump79.7%R +60.458,886
2020Joe Biden20.9%Donald Trump77.5%R +56.658,848
2016Hillary Clinton20.4%Donald Trump75.1%R +54.849,212
2012Barack Obama18.6%Mitt Romney80.0%R +61.444,597
2008Barack Obama21.0%John McCain78.2%R +57.346,216
2004John Kerry17.9%George W. Bush81.6%R +63.744,834
2000Al Gore19.0%George W. Bush79.3%R +60.339,740

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 +0.1.

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.