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Orange County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 76% of the vote for governor in Orange County. The margin is 13.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Orange County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
73.9%19,431
James Talarico
23.9%6,298
Ted Brown
2.2%570
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
76.0%20,096
Gina Hinojosa
22.7%6,012
Pat Dixon
1.3%336
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Orange 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, 8:08 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +51.0R +67.1D +16.1
TX GovernorR +53.9R +67.1D +13.2
TX-14R +56.9R +67.1D +10.2

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 Orange County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.4%Donald Trump83.1%R +66.736,326
2020Joe Biden17.7%Donald Trump81.1%R +63.435,993
2016Hillary Clinton17.9%Donald Trump79.7%R +61.832,000
2012Barack Obama22.3%Mitt Romney76.6%R +54.330,518
2008Barack Obama26.0%John McCain73.1%R +47.129,406
2004John Kerry36.0%George W. Bush63.6%R +27.631,908
2000Al Gore40.1%George W. Bush58.4%R +18.329,654

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 +48.4.

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.