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Panola County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 77% of the vote for governor in Panola County. The margin is 10.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Panola County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
75.2%6,440
James Talarico
22.5%1,929
Ted Brown
2.2%191
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
77.0%6,607
Gina Hinojosa
21.7%1,859
Pat Dixon
1.3%114
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Panola 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, 9:09 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +53.9R +66.6D +12.7
TX GovernorR +56.1R +66.6D +10.5
TX-01R +58.1R +66.6D +8.5

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 Panola County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.7%Donald Trump83.2%R +66.511,423
2020Joe Biden18.0%Donald Trump81.4%R +63.411,459
2016Hillary Clinton17.6%Donald Trump81.1%R +63.510,416
2012Barack Obama21.6%Mitt Romney77.7%R +56.110,230
2008Barack Obama25.3%John McCain74.2%R +48.910,216
2004John Kerry29.6%George W. Bush70.2%R +40.610,007
2000Al Gore33.2%George W. Bush65.8%R +32.79,074

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 +33.8.

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.