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Walker County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 61% of the vote for governor in Walker County. The margin is 17.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Walker County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Walker County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
58.5%12,644
James Talarico
39.4%8,515
Ted Brown
2.2%469
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
60.7%13,160
Gina Hinojosa
37.9%8,217
Pat Dixon
1.5%320
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 8th District

Jessica Steinmann
55.0%3,839
Laura Jones
45.0%3,141
100% counted

Only part of Walker County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jessica Steinmann wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 10th District

Chris Gober
66.1%9,409
Caitlin Rourk
33.9%4,828
100% counted

Only part of Walker County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Chris Gober wins. Called.

The leader in Walker 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, 8:08 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +19.5R +40.3D +20.7
TX GovernorR +23.1R +40.3D +17.1
TX-08 part of the countyR +10.0R +32.9D +22.9
TX-10 part of the countyR +32.2R +43.8D +11.6

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 Walker County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.7%Donald Trump69.7%R +40.025,140
2020Joe Biden33.3%Donald Trump65.0%R +31.723,657
2016Hillary Clinton30.8%Donald Trump65.1%R +34.319,796
2012Barack Obama33.5%Mitt Romney65.0%R +31.518,685
2008Barack Obama38.3%John McCain60.7%R +22.419,146
2004John Kerry33.5%George W. Bush65.7%R +32.217,822
2000Al Gore34.4%George W. Bush63.1%R +28.814,374

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 +11.2.

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.