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Wichita County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 63% of the vote for governor in Wichita County. The margin is 15.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Wichita County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
60.8%20,855
James Talarico
36.6%12,557
Ted Brown
2.7%915
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
63.4%21,926
Gina Hinojosa
34.7%11,989
Pat Dixon
1.9%645
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Wichita 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, 9:04 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +24.8R +44.4D +19.6
TX GovernorR +29.3R +44.4D +15.1
TX-13R +31.2R +44.4D +13.3

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 Wichita County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.5%Donald Trump71.6%R +44.044,468
2020Joe Biden28.6%Donald Trump69.7%R +41.146,037
2016Hillary Clinton23.0%Donald Trump72.5%R +49.538,119
2012Barack Obama25.7%Mitt Romney72.7%R +47.041,018
2008Barack Obama30.2%John McCain69.0%R +38.845,982
2004John Kerry28.1%George W. Bush71.3%R +43.245,545
2000Al Gore33.0%George W. Bush65.1%R +32.142,713

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 +12.0.

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.