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2026 results · Texas · Texas 27th District

Michael Cloud, the Republican, wins re-election in Texas's 27th District

Donald Trump carried the district by 21.0 points in 2024; this year's count is a 18.7-point move toward the Democrats.

Texas 27th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Michael CloudRepublican, incumbent144,46751.1%
Tanya LloydDemocrat137,92748.8%
Wayne RaaschOther party22under 0.1%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST · 97% counted.

About 97% of the expected vote counted282,416 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 27th District takes in all or part of 17 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+21.0 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 18.7 points toward the Democrats, ranks 15 of 38 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+21.0
2024 House vote on these lines
R+23.2
Move from 2024, rank in state
15 of 38
  1. Hays County23%
  2. Travis County13%
  3. Bastrop County13%
  4. Victoria County10%
  5. Washington County5%
  6. Caldwell County5%
  7. Austin County4%
  8. Wharton County4%
  9. 9 more22%

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 17 counties compared moved 18.6 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 86% as many votes as in 2024, from 105% in Travis County to 28% in Aransas County.

Caldwell County moved most: R+14.3 for president in 2024, D+12.4 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+60EvenD+60Move
Caldwell County14,620 votes26.7 pts → D
Hays County64,167 votes22.2 pts → D
Bastrop County35,859 votes21.9 pts → D
Nueces County10,767 votes18.6 pts → D
Travis County36,907 votes14.0 pts → D
Matagorda County10,835 votes13.3 pts → D
San Patricio County7,467 votes11.9 pts → D
Calhoun County6,268 votes11.9 pts → D
Wharton County12,494 votes11.4 pts → D
Victoria County28,098 votes11.3 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Hays County added 13,866 net votes for Lloyd against the 2024 margin, 22% of the district's change

Across the 17 counties compared, the margin moved by 62,070 votes toward Lloyd: 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. Hays County+13,866 Lloyd
  2. Bastrop County+8,688 Lloyd
  3. Victoria County+6,491 Lloyd
  4. Travis County+5,843 Lloyd
  5. Caldwell County+4,084 Lloyd
  6. Aransas County+3,157 Lloyd
  7. Wharton County+2,729 Lloyd
  8. Fayette County+2,331 Lloyd

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

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Bastrop CountyR+18.2D+3.7
  • Caldwell CountyR+14.3D+12.4

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.