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Smith County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 64% of the vote for governor in Smith County. The margin is 16.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Smith County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
61.3%54,616
James Talarico
36.6%32,615
Ted Brown
2.1%1,829
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
63.8%56,878
Gina Hinojosa
34.8%31,022
Pat Dixon
1.4%1,281
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Smith 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, 10:24 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +25.2R +45.5D +20.3
TX GovernorR +29.4R +45.5D +16.1
TX-01R +34.4R +45.5D +11.1

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 Smith County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.0%Donald Trump72.0%R +45.0104,041
2020Joe Biden29.6%Donald Trump69.0%R +39.4100,073
2016Hillary Clinton26.3%Donald Trump69.5%R +43.284,768
2012Barack Obama27.0%Mitt Romney72.0%R +45.179,601
2008Barack Obama29.8%John McCain69.4%R +39.579,561
2004John Kerry27.1%George W. Bush72.5%R +45.473,664
2000Al Gore27.2%George W. Bush71.5%R +44.360,624

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 +0.7.

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.