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Newton County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 79% of the vote for governor in Newton County. The margin is 7.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Newton County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
76.2%3,253
James Talarico
21.3%911
Ted Brown
2.5%106
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
78.7%3,379
Gina Hinojosa
20.1%862
Pat Dixon
1.2%53
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Newton 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, 11:53 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +56.2R +66.8D +10.5
TX GovernorR +59.3R +66.8D +7.4
TX-36R +61.0R +66.8D +5.8

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 Newton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.6%Donald Trump83.2%R +66.75,743
2020Joe Biden19.2%Donald Trump80.1%R +60.96,095
2016Hillary Clinton20.9%Donald Trump77.5%R +56.65,534
2012Barack Obama28.6%Mitt Romney70.1%R +41.55,869
2008Barack Obama33.3%John McCain65.5%R +32.25,260
2004John Kerry44.1%George W. Bush55.4%R +11.35,700
2000Al Gore50.2%George W. Bush48.6%D +1.64,990

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 +68.3.

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.