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Palo Pinto County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 74% of the vote for governor in Palo Pinto County. The margin is 17.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Palo Pinto County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
72.7%7,543
James Talarico
24.3%2,517
Ted Brown
3.1%317
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
73.7%7,663
Gina Hinojosa
24.3%2,524
Pat Dixon
2.1%215
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Palo Pinto 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, 8:20 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +50.0R +67.6D +17.7
TX GovernorR +50.4R +67.6D +17.2
TX-25R +59.3R +67.6D +8.3

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 Palo Pinto County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.1%Donald Trump83.3%R +67.213,317
2020Joe Biden17.4%Donald Trump81.5%R +64.012,491
2016Hillary Clinton16.6%Donald Trump80.7%R +64.010,270
2012Barack Obama19.4%Mitt Romney79.2%R +59.89,337
2008Barack Obama25.3%John McCain73.4%R +48.29,890
2004John Kerry28.1%George W. Bush71.3%R +43.110,014
2000Al Gore35.8%George W. Bush62.4%R +26.69,118

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 +40.6.

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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.