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Starr County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) got 74% of the vote for governor in Starr County. The margin is 65.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Starr County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
77.0%10,072
Ken Paxton
21.2%2,772
Ted Brown
1.8%238
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
74.1%10,091
Greg Abbott
25.2%3,435
Pat Dixon
0.7%99
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 28th District

Henry Cuellar
79.0%16,152
Tano Tijerina
18.6%3,800
Marlon Duran
2.4%488
100% counted

Whole district: Henry Cuellar wins. Called.

The leader in Starr 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 4, 3:56 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +56.8R +16.1D +72.9
TX GovernorD +49.2R +16.1D +65.3
TX-28D +61.9R +16.1D +78.0

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 Starr County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris41.8%Donald Trump57.9%R +16.016,398
2020Joe Biden52.0%Donald Trump47.0%D +5.117,582
2016Hillary Clinton79.1%Donald Trump18.9%D +60.211,740
2012Barack Obama86.3%Mitt Romney13.0%D +73.311,883
2008Barack Obama84.5%John McCain15.2%D +69.39,792
2004John Kerry73.6%George W. Bush26.1%D +47.59,781
2000Al Gore76.9%George W. Bush22.6%D +54.38,464

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 +70.3.

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.