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Montgomery County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) has 63% of the vote for governor in Montgomery County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 18.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Montgomery County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Montgomery County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
60.3%155,781
James Talarico
38.0%98,324
Ted Brown
1.7%4,333
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
62.7%162,154
Gina Hinojosa
36.0%93,047
Pat Dixon
1.4%3,618
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 2nd District

Steve Toth
56.5%74,185
Shaun Finnie
43.5%57,022
100% counted

Only part of Montgomery County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Steve Toth leads.

U.S. House: Texas 8th District

Jessica Steinmann
71.8%89,849
Laura Jones
28.2%35,369
100% counted

Only part of Montgomery County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jessica Steinmann wins. Called.

The leader in Montgomery 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 4, 12:25 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +22.6R +45.9D +23.3
TX GovernorR +27.1R +45.9D +18.8
TX-02 part of the countyR +13.1R +33.4D +20.3
TX-08 part of the countyR +43.5R +59.0D +15.5

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 Montgomery County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.8%Donald Trump72.3%R +45.5306,831
2020Joe Biden27.4%Donald Trump71.2%R +43.8271,563
2016Hillary Clinton22.4%Donald Trump73.5%R +51.1204,632
2012Barack Obama19.0%Mitt Romney79.7%R +60.7173,113
2008Barack Obama23.3%John McCain75.9%R +52.7157,847
2004John Kerry21.4%George W. Bush78.1%R +56.7133,988
2000Al Gore21.9%George W. Bush75.9%R +54.0106,213

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 D +8.4.

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.