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Shelby County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 75% of the vote for governor in Shelby County. The margin is 14.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Shelby County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
72.9%5,457
James Talarico
25.4%1,904
Ted Brown
1.7%128
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
74.5%5,603
Gina Hinojosa
24.3%1,830
Pat Dixon
1.1%86
99% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Shelby 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, 7:47 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +48.3R +64.8D +16.6
TX GovernorR +50.8R +64.8D +14.1
TX-01R +52.3R +64.8D +12.6

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 Shelby County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.5%Donald Trump82.2%R +64.79,934
2020Joe Biden20.5%Donald Trump79.1%R +58.610,086
2016Hillary Clinton19.3%Donald Trump79.0%R +59.79,086
2012Barack Obama25.0%Mitt Romney74.1%R +49.19,284
2008Barack Obama27.6%John McCain71.9%R +44.39,220
2004John Kerry31.8%George W. Bush67.8%R +36.09,279
2000Al Gore35.8%George W. Bush63.2%R +27.49,005

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 +37.3.

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.