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Refugio County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 63% of the vote for governor in Refugio County. The margin is 11.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Refugio County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Refugio County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
61.1%1,469
James Talarico
36.6%879
Ted Brown
2.3%56
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
63.1%1,532
Gina Hinojosa
35.3%856
Pat Dixon
1.6%38
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 15th District

Monica De La Cruz
64.1%1,328
Bobby Pulido
35.9%744
100% counted

Only part of Refugio County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Bobby Pulido wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 27th District

Michael Cloud
60.1%187
Tanya Lloyd
39.9%124
99% counted

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

The leader in Refugio 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 +25.1R +39.8D +14.7
TX GovernorR +28.3R +39.8D +11.5
TX-15 part of the countyR +28.2R +39.8D +11.6
TX-27 part of the countyR +20.3R +39.2D +18.9

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 Refugio County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.9%Donald Trump69.5%R +39.63,071
2020Joe Biden32.9%Donald Trump65.7%R +32.83,367
2016Hillary Clinton35.1%Donald Trump62.1%R +27.02,948
2012Barack Obama37.3%Mitt Romney62.1%R +24.82,677
2008Barack Obama42.4%John McCain56.9%R +14.53,261
2004John Kerry35.7%George W. Bush64.0%R +28.43,455
2000Al Gore40.1%George W. Bush58.9%R +18.82,921

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 +20.8.

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.