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Washington County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 72% of the vote for governor in Washington County. The margin is 9.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Washington County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
69.6%10,780
James Talarico
28.2%4,366
Ted Brown
2.2%334
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
71.7%11,143
Gina Hinojosa
26.8%4,158
Pat Dixon
1.5%235
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Washington 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, 9:41 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +42.3R +55.1D +12.8
TX GovernorR +45.7R +55.1D +9.5
TX-27R +48.5R +55.1D +6.6

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 Washington County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.2%Donald Trump76.9%R +54.618,240
2020Joe Biden24.4%Donald Trump74.3%R +49.817,449
2016Hillary Clinton22.8%Donald Trump73.8%R +51.014,828
2012Barack Obama23.5%Mitt Romney75.4%R +51.914,397
2008Barack Obama28.1%John McCain70.8%R +42.714,377
2004John Kerry25.9%George W. Bush73.5%R +47.513,063
2000Al Gore25.4%George W. Bush73.2%R +47.811,809

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 +6.8.

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.