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Willacy County, Texas

2026 election results. Gina Hinojosa (D) got 64% of the vote for governor in Willacy County. The margin is 32.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Willacy County

U.S. Senate

James Talarico
66.6%3,092
Ken Paxton
31.5%1,465
Ted Brown
1.9%88
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Gina Hinojosa
63.6%2,973
Greg Abbott
35.2%1,644
Pat Dixon
1.2%56
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

U.S. House: Texas 34th District

Vicente Gonzalez
62.8%2,906
Eric Flores
33.3%1,542
Eddie Espinoza
2.2%100
Chris Royal
1.7%78
100% counted

Whole district: Vicente Gonzalez wins. Called.

The leader in Willacy 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, 8:44 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateD +35.7R +3.3D +39.0
TX GovernorD +28.8R +3.3D +32.1
TX-34D +30.7R +3.3D +34.0

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 Willacy County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris48.1%Donald Trump51.4%R +3.35,555
2020Joe Biden55.6%Donald Trump43.7%D +11.95,594
2016Hillary Clinton67.2%Donald Trump30.4%D +36.85,095
2012Barack Obama71.1%Mitt Romney28.0%D +43.15,064
2008Barack Obama69.5%John McCain29.7%D +39.84,903
2004John Kerry55.1%George W. Bush44.5%D +10.64,962
2000Al Gore63.6%George W. Bush35.3%D +28.25,062

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 +31.5.

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.