How Gina Hinojosa beat Greg Abbott to become Texas' next governor

Houston Chronicle · Nina Moothedath, Katherine Oung · 2026-11-05 17:00 UTC

Maps and charts show how every county in Texas voted from 2018 to this year, when a Democrat won a Texas governor seat in Texas for the first time since 1995.

Democratic candidate Gina Hinojosa won the Texas governorship with a margin of about seven percentage points, gaining an advantage on Kamala Harris’ performance in 2024 across Texas. Hinojosa also improved on 2018 gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez’s share of the vote across Texas.

Hinojosa’s stunning win means that Texas will have its first Democratic governor since 1995 and its first Latina governor in history.

How Texas shifted left this year in the governor’s race, by county

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