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Sherman County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 80% of the vote for governor in Sherman County. The margin is 24.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Sherman County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
79.1%557
James Talarico
16.6%117
Ted Brown
4.3%30
99% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
80.0%568
Gina Hinojosa
17.2%122
Pat Dixon
2.8%20
99% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Sherman 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, 7:09 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +65.3R +88.9D +23.6
TX GovernorR +64.6R +88.9D +24.3
TX-13R +70.5R +84.2D +13.7

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 Sherman County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris7.8%Donald Trump91.1%R +83.3897
2020Joe Biden9.2%Donald Trump89.3%R +80.1992
2016Hillary Clinton10.3%Donald Trump86.3%R +76.0935
2012Barack Obama11.7%Mitt Romney87.5%R +75.81,038
2008Barack Obama12.5%John McCain86.7%R +74.21,020
2004John Kerry11.6%George W. Bush88.4%R +76.71,066
2000Al Gore12.4%George W. Bush85.8%R +73.41,163

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 +9.8.

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.