2026 results · Texas · Texas Governor

Gina Hinojosa, the Democrat, flips Texas's governorship

Donald Trump carried Texas by 13.7 points in 2024; this year's count is a 20.8-point move toward the Democrats. The Republicans held it before the election.

Texas Governor: votes counted for each candidate
Candidate	Votes	Share
Gina HinojosaDemocrat	5,230,789	52.8%
Greg AbbottRepublican, incumbent	4,524,527	45.7%
Pat DixonLibertarian	148,078	1.5%
4 others	3,987	under 0.1%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST · 98% counted.

About 98% of the expected vote counted9,907,381 votesCount last changed Nov 4, 5:48 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:11 PM ESTSource: Texas Secretary of State

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What moved most

Scroll through Texas, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.

What the count shows

Added together, the 254 counties compared moved 20.8 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 87% as many votes as in 2024, from 95% in Hays County to 68% in Ward County. Turnout and the move from 2024 were barely related.

Hidalgo County moved most: R+2.9 for president in 2024, D+42.0 this year

The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+50EvenD+50Move

Hidalgo County203,397 votes44.9 pts → D

Webb County58,776 votes41.8 pts → D

Cameron County102,704 votes40.4 pts → D

El Paso County218,911 votes27.0 pts → D

Brazos County80,093 votes25.6 pts → D

Kaufman County62,365 votes25.3 pts → D

Harris County1,383,460 votes23.0 pts → D

Ellis County88,757 votes22.8 pts → D

Brazoria County141,964 votes21.4 pts → D

Hays County119,996 votes21.3 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Harris County added 309,208 net votes for Hinojosa against the 2024 margin, 14% of the statewide change

Across the 254 counties compared, the margin moved by 2,264,609 votes toward Hinojosa: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

Harris County+309,208 Hinojosa
Tarrant County+145,759 Hinojosa
Bexar County+130,488 Hinojosa
Dallas County+119,363 Hinojosa
Hidalgo County+91,712 Hinojosa
Collin County+77,887 Hinojosa
Montgomery County+70,580 Hinojosa
Fort Bend County+69,223 Hinojosa

25 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Hinojosa this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first; the 24 largest of 25, leaving out any under 2,000 votes in 2024.

Tarrant CountyR+5.1D+14.2
Collin CountyR+11.1D+4.5
Denton CountyR+13.2D+2.1
Williamson CountyR+2.4D+13.7
Hidalgo CountyR+2.9D+42.0
Brazoria CountyR+19.7D+1.7
Cameron CountyR+5.8D+34.6
Nueces CountyR+11.5D+7.1
Brazos CountyR+24.9D+0.7
Jefferson CountyR+8.9D+9.1
Webb CountyR+2.2D+39.6
Bastrop CountyR+18.4D+5.4
Caldwell CountyR+14.4D+11.4
Starr CountyR+16.0D+48.9
Maverick CountyR+18.5D+35.1
Val Verde CountyR+26.6D+3.9
Jim Wells CountyR+15.5D+9.9
Kleberg CountyR+12.7D+9.7
Willacy CountyR+3.3D+28.4
Frio CountyR+24.6D+4.9
Brewster CountyR+12.6D+8.0
Zapata CountyR+22.4D+31.6
Duval CountyR+9.8D+28.2
La Salle CountyR+20.5D+5.9

What the places that moved have in common

Each of Texas’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.

Urban, suburban and rural counties

Urban7 counties, 50% of the vote19.2 pts → D

Suburban40 counties, 36% of the vote22.1 pts → D

Rural207 counties, 14% of the vote17.6 pts → D

2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).

Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.

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The seats that changed party

StatewideDemocrats won all 8 of Texas's statewide races.

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count published by the Texas Secretary of State. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Gina Hinojosa, by RRC1701, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Greg Abbott, by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed.