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2026 results · Texas · Texas 21st District

Mark Teixeira, the Republican, holds Texas's 21st District for the Republicans

Donald Trump carried the district by 21.5 points in 2024; this year's count is a 12.5-point move toward the Democrats.

Texas 21st District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Mark TeixeiraRepublican194,30254.5%
Kristin HookDemocrat162,08845.5%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 12:07 AM EST · 98% counted.

About 98% of the expected vote counted356,390 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 21st District takes in all or part of 9 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+21.5 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 12.5 points toward the Democrats, ranks 33 of 38 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+21.5
2024 House vote on these lines
R+19.6
Move from 2024, rank in state
33 of 38
  1. Bexar County37%
  2. Comal County25%
  3. Hays County15%
  4. Kendall County7%
  5. Kerr County7%
  6. Gillespie County4%
  7. Bandera County3%
  8. Blanco County2%
  9. 1 more0%

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 9 counties compared moved 12.3 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 86% as many votes as in 2024, from 94% in Hays County to 73% in Bandera County.

Hays County moved most: D+4.0 for president in 2024, D+22.3 this year

The 8 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
Hays County53,652 votes18.3 pts → D
Bexar County131,469 votes13.5 pts → D
Comal County88,524 votes10.0 pts → D
Kerr County23,280 votes8.7 pts → D
Gillespie County14,472 votes5.8 pts → D
Kendall County25,845 votes5.6 pts → D
Blanco County7,505 votes4.6 pts → D
Bandera County10,165 votes4.5 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Comal County added 16,431 net votes for Hook against the 2024 margin, 29% of the district's change

Across the 9 counties compared, the margin moved by 56,727 votes toward Hook: 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. Comal County+16,431 Hook
  2. Bexar County+16,006 Hook
  3. Hays County+9,662 Hook
  4. Kerr County+4,942 Hook
  5. Kendall County+3,649 Hook
  6. Bandera County+2,707 Hook
  7. Gillespie County+2,254 Hook
  8. Blanco County+946 Hook

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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.