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2026 results · Texas · Texas 23rd District

Katy Padilla Stout, the Democrat, flips Texas's 23rd District

Donald Trump carried the district by 14.6 points in 2024; this year's count is a 22.8-point move toward the Democrats. The Republicans held the seat before the election.

Texas 23rd District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Katy Padilla StoutDemocrat142,03252.1%
Brandon HerreraRepublican119,79544.0%
Ben MendozaIndependent10,6103.9%

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

About 98% of the expected vote counted272,437 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 23rd District takes in all or part of 27 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+14.6 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 22.8 points toward the Democrats, ranks 9 of 38 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+14.6
2024 House vote on these lines
R+17.9
Move from 2024, rank in state
9 of 38
  1. Bexar County62%
  2. Medina County8%
  3. El Paso County7%
  4. Val Verde County4%
  5. Maverick County4%
  6. Uvalde County3%
  7. Brewster County1%
  8. Frio County1%
  9. 19 more9%

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 27 counties compared moved 22.7 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 84% as many votes as in 2024, from 96% in Presidio County to 66% in Ward County.

Maverick County moved most: R+17.2 for president in 2024, D+34.8 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, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+70EvenD+70Move
Maverick County10,335 votes52.0 pts → D
El Paso County19,965 votes39.7 pts → D
Presidio County1,956 votes33.2 pts → D
Val Verde County11,515 votes30.3 pts → D
Zavala County2,930 votes29.7 pts → D
Frio County3,681 votes28.8 pts → D
Reeves County2,932 votes28.6 pts → D
Pecos County3,293 votes24.8 pts → D
Uvalde County8,251 votes24.0 pts → D
Bexar County168,330 votes18.3 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Bexar County added 32,266 net votes for Stout against the 2024 margin, 47% of the district's change

Across the 27 counties compared, the margin moved by 69,156 votes toward Stout: 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. Bexar County+32,266 Stout
  2. El Paso County+7,897 Stout
  3. Maverick County+5,827 Stout
  4. Medina County+4,810 Stout
  5. Val Verde County+4,368 Stout
  6. Uvalde County+2,549 Stout
  7. Frio County+1,389 Stout
  8. Pecos County+1,265 Stout

6 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Stout this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first; the 5 largest of 6, leaving out any under 2,000 votes in 2024.

  • Bexar CountyR+6.0D+12.2
  • Val Verde CountyR+26.3D+4.0
  • Maverick CountyR+17.2D+34.8
  • Brewster CountyR+12.5D+5.5
  • Frio CountyR+24.2D+4.6

Texas’s ballot

All of Texas’s resultsThe state legislature

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.