- Lead
- 13,273
- Total
- 86,143
- vs nation
- R+13.9
Texas 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,724
- Total
- 86,600
- vs nation
- R+15.7
- Lead
- 13,857
- Total
- 63,208
- vs nation
- R+24.0
- Lead
- 17,377
- Total
- 48,979
- vs nation
- R+39.3
- Lead
- 14,246
- Total
- 44,597
- vs nation
- R+39.2
- Lead
- 14,786
- Total
- 30,707
- vs nation
- R+45.7
- Lead
- 12,402
- Total
- 23,844
- vs nation
- R+52.5
- Lead
- 7,621
- Total
- 17,638
- vs nation
- R+51.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+15.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 199,8112024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,495 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 80.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $136,0422024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 23.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75.2 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+93.2 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 28, TX · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 26th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
87.6%
325 votes · D+75.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 81.2%
Republican
Rutherford B. Hayes1876
96.6%
282 votes · R+93.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 96.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
37,913votes
43.8% of the vote · R+11.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 35,318 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
48,591votes
56.4% of the vote · R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 47,637 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+57.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+75.2 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +38.9 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+79.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+77.4 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +71.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
With nearly 200,000 residents and a 2024 presidential margin of R+15.4, this district sits firmly in Texas's competitive-but-leaning-red tier, where suburban growth patterns continue to shape turnout and partisan consistency.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 93.2 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.4 points.
A population of 199,811, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $136,042 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 28 and State House District 63.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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