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Ward County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 72% of the vote for governor in Ward County. The margin is 20.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Ward County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
69.0%1,763
James Talarico
27.0%689
Ted Brown
4.0%102
99% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
71.8%1,842
Gina Hinojosa
26.5%680
Pat Dixon
1.8%45
99% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 23rd District

Brandon Herrera
73.1%1,846
Katy Stout
23.6%595
Ben Mendoza
3.3%83
99% counted

Whole district: Katy Stout wins. Called.

The leader in Ward 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, 8:53 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +43.8R +66.5D +22.7
TX GovernorR +46.1R +66.5D +20.4
TX-23R +51.2R +66.5D +15.2

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 Ward County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.7%Donald Trump82.8%R +66.23,760
2020Joe Biden18.9%Donald Trump80.1%R +61.34,044
2016Hillary Clinton22.7%Donald Trump73.9%R +51.23,445
2012Barack Obama25.9%Mitt Romney72.9%R +47.03,245
2008Barack Obama25.0%John McCain74.0%R +49.13,602
2004John Kerry23.9%George W. Bush75.8%R +51.93,768
2000Al Gore32.4%George W. Bush65.4%R +33.03,874

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 +33.2.

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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.