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Rains County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 81% of the vote for governor in Rains County. The margin is 7.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Rains County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
79.5%4,037
James Talarico
17.9%910
Ted Brown
2.6%133
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
81.3%4,143
Gina Hinojosa
16.9%860
Pat Dixon
1.8%91
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Rains 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, 10:06 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +63.2R +73.3D +10.1
TX GovernorR +65.6R +73.3D +7.7
TX-32R +67.3R +73.3D +6.0

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 Rains County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.3%Donald Trump86.3%R +73.06,547
2020Joe Biden13.9%Donald Trump85.2%R +71.36,057
2016Hillary Clinton13.4%Donald Trump84.4%R +71.04,701
2012Barack Obama18.6%Mitt Romney80.2%R +61.64,087
2008Barack Obama24.7%John McCain74.3%R +49.54,236
2004John Kerry28.7%George W. Bush70.9%R +42.24,229
2000Al Gore36.8%George W. Bush61.5%R +24.73,333

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 +48.3.

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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.