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Wharton County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 68% of the vote for governor in Wharton County. The margin is 14.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Wharton County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
66.5%8,375
James Talarico
31.8%4,006
Ted Brown
1.6%206
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
68.1%8,607
Gina Hinojosa
30.9%3,907
Pat Dixon
1.0%121
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Wharton 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, 8:29 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +35.3R +52.2D +16.9
TX GovernorR +37.6R +52.2D +14.6
TX-27R +40.9R +52.2D +11.2

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 Wharton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris23.8%Donald Trump75.6%R +51.916,448
2020Joe Biden28.0%Donald Trump71.1%R +43.116,775
2016Hillary Clinton28.8%Donald Trump68.9%R +40.114,732
2012Barack Obama30.1%Mitt Romney69.2%R +39.114,087
2008Barack Obama34.2%John McCain65.4%R +31.214,418
2004John Kerry33.5%George W. Bush66.2%R +32.714,039
2000Al Gore36.0%George W. Bush63.0%R +26.913,426

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 +24.9.

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.