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2026 results · Texas · Texas 15th District

Bobby Pulido, the Democrat, flips Texas's 15th District

Donald Trump carried the district by 17.6 points in 2024; this year's count is a 42.2-point move toward the Democrats. The Republicans held the seat before the election.

Texas 15th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Bobby PulidoDemocrat126,20462.3%
Monica De La CruzRepublican, incumbent76,30537.7%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 3, 11:25 PM EST · 96% counted.

About 96% of the expected vote counted202,509 votesCount last changed Nov 4, 5:48 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:11 PM ESTSource: Texas Secretary of State

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About the seat

Texas's 15th District takes in all or part of 11 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+17.6 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 42.2 points toward the Democrats, ranks 2 of 38 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+17.6
2024 House vote on these lines
R+13.3
Move from 2024, rank in state
2 of 38
  1. Hidalgo County67%
  2. San Patricio County6%
  3. Jim Wells County5%
  4. Lavaca County4%
  5. Aransas County4%
  6. Bee County4%
  7. Gonzales County3%
  8. DeWitt County3%
  9. 3 more4%

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The district was redrawn for 2026: its 2024 House figure is that year's House vote re-added onto the new lines precinct by precinct, an estimate.

What the count shows

Added together, the 11 counties compared moved 41.3 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 90% as many votes as in 2024, from 161% in Aransas County to 71% in Refugio County.

Hidalgo County moved most: R+2.8 for president in 2024, D+48.8 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. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+70EvenD+70Move
Hidalgo County135,420 votes51.5 pts → D
Brooks County1,846 votes36.2 pts → D
Jim Wells County10,747 votes35.3 pts → D
Bee County7,120 votes27.0 pts → D
San Patricio County12,507 votes22.1 pts → D
Gonzales County6,639 votes21.8 pts → D
Refugio County2,072 votes12.0 pts → D
Goliad County3,329 votes10.6 pts → D
Aransas County8,179 votes10.2 pts → D
DeWitt County6,190 votes8.8 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Hidalgo County added 70,098 net votes for Pulido against the 2024 margin, 80% of the district's change

Across the 11 counties compared, the margin moved by 87,501 votes toward Pulido: 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.

  1. Hidalgo County+70,098 Pulido
  2. Jim Wells County+4,158 Pulido
  3. San Patricio County+3,595 Pulido
  4. Bee County+2,652 Pulido
  5. Lavaca County+2,188 Pulido
  6. Gonzales County+2,152 Pulido
  7. DeWitt County+1,748 Pulido
  8. Aransas County+942 Cruz

2 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Pulido this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Hidalgo CountyR+2.8D+48.8
  • Jim Wells CountyR+15.3D+20.0

Texas’s ballot

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The seats that changed party

StatewideDemocrats won all 8 of Texas's statewide races.

  1. U.S. SenateJames TalaricoD+12.1Flip
  2. GovernorGina HinojosaD+7.1Flip
  3. Attorney GeneralNathan JohnsonD+6.4Flip
  4. Commissioner of AgricultureClayton TuckerD+4.7
  5. Comptroller of Public AccountsSarah EckhardtD+5.1
  6. Commissioner of the General Land OfficeBenjamin FloresD+4.5
  7. Lieutenant GovernorVikki GoodwinD+6.1
  8. Railroad CommissionerJon RosenthalD+7.0

U.S. HouseBefore the election R 25–13, now R 24–14

  1. R+38.1Moran
  2. R+2.0Toth
  3. R+5.5Self
  4. R+12.1Fallon
  5. R+2.9Gooden
  6. R+4.3Ellzey
  7. D+43.3Fletcher
  8. R+6.4Steinmann
  9. D+15.1Gutierrez
  10. R+7.5Gober
  11. R+19.0Pfluger
  12. R+6.2Goldman
  13. R+30.5Jackson
  14. R+8.0Weber
  15. D+24.6Pulido
  16. D+41.5Escobar
  17. R+7.1Sessions
  18. D+72.1Menefee
  19. R+39.0Sell
  20. D+55.2Castro
  21. R+9.0Teixeira
  22. R+3.6Nehls
  23. D+8.2Stout
  24. R+6.9Duyne
  25. R+7.5Williams
  26. R+10.4Gill
  27. R+2.3Cloud
  28. D+36.1Cuellar
  29. D+59.9Garcia
  30. D+65.3Haynes
  31. R+9.0Carter
  32. R+2.9Yarbrough
  33. D+57.1Allred
  34. D+16.0Gonzalez
  35. D+10.9Garcia
  36. R+7.1Babin
  37. D+67.5Casar
  38. R+4.2Bonck

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.