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Rusk County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 71% of the vote for governor in Rusk County. The margin is 15.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Rusk County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
68.9%11,957
James Talarico
28.6%4,968
Ted Brown
2.4%421
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
70.7%12,306
Gina Hinojosa
27.5%4,795
Pat Dixon
1.8%305
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Rusk 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, 8:10 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +41.3R +59.8D +18.5
TX GovernorR +43.9R +59.8D +15.9
TX-01R +48.3R +59.8D +11.5

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 Rusk County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.0%Donald Trump79.4%R +59.421,679
2020Joe Biden21.6%Donald Trump77.3%R +55.621,400
2016Hillary Clinton20.7%Donald Trump77.3%R +56.518,994
2012Barack Obama24.0%Mitt Romney75.1%R +51.118,546
2008Barack Obama26.6%John McCain72.9%R +46.318,722
2004John Kerry26.7%George W. Bush73.0%R +46.318,344
2000Al Gore29.1%George W. Bush69.8%R +40.716,633

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 +18.7.

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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.