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Shackelford County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 86% of the vote for governor in Shackelford County. The margin is 6.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Shackelford County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
85.2%1,090
James Talarico
11.3%144
Ted Brown
3.5%45
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
86.2%1,109
Gina Hinojosa
11.6%149
Pat Dixon
2.2%28
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Shackelford 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, 8:53 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +76.7R +82.9D +6.3
TX GovernorR +76.3R +82.9D +6.6
TX-19R +82.5R +82.9D +0.5

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 Shackelford County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris8.5%Donald Trump90.7%R +82.21,726
2020Joe Biden8.0%Donald Trump91.1%R +83.11,629
2016Hillary Clinton6.8%Donald Trump91.6%R +84.81,504
2012Barack Obama9.6%Mitt Romney89.4%R +79.81,363
2008Barack Obama13.8%John McCain85.3%R +71.51,505
2004John Kerry15.0%George W. Bush84.6%R +69.61,527
2000Al Gore19.6%George W. Bush79.1%R +59.51,347

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 +22.7.

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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.