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Nueces County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) has 53% of the vote for governor in Nueces County, with about 91% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 18.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Nueces County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Nueces County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
54.5%54,434
Ken Paxton
43.3%43,253
Ted Brown
2.2%2,164
91% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
52.7%52,692
Greg Abbott
45.9%45,887
Pat Dixon
1.4%1,441
91% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 27th District

Tanya Lloyd
67.6%7,282
Michael Cloud
32.4%3,488
67% counted

Only part of Nueces County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Michael Cloud leads.

U.S. House: Texas 34th District

Vicente Gonzalez
48.0%42,266
Eric Flores
47.4%41,775
Chris Royal
2.6%2,267
Eddie Espinoza
2.1%1,817
96% counted

Only part of Nueces County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Vicente Gonzalez wins. Called.

The leader in Nueces 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, 12:28 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +11.4R +11.6D +23.0
TX GovernorD +6.9R +11.6D +18.5
TX-27 part of the countyD +35.2D +16.3Not yet
TX-34 part of the countyD +0.6R +14.9D +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 Nueces County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris43.8%Donald Trump55.3%R +11.5121,509
2020Joe Biden47.8%Donald Trump50.7%R +2.9127,538
2016Hillary Clinton47.1%Donald Trump48.6%R +1.5104,405
2012Barack Obama47.6%Mitt Romney51.0%R +3.396,104
2008Barack Obama47.3%John McCain51.8%R +4.4101,230
2004John Kerry42.5%George W. Bush56.8%R +14.3104,560
2000Al Gore46.6%George W. Bush51.3%R +4.797,326

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 +6.8.

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.