Texas

Governor’s race · Texas

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 23, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 70% chance of winning, with an average lead of 4.9 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 59%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

Republican 50.7%

Greg Abbott, incumbent
Democrat 47.9%

Gina Hinojosa
Other 1.4%

Pat Dixon Libertarian

Thin vertical mark: 2022 result.

Compared with the average

	Republican	Democrat	Other
Texas	50.7%	47.9%	1.4%
National averageUnited States	46.9%+3.8	49.5%−1.6	3.6%−2.1

Simple average of the 36 state races, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

51 polls

Pollster	Field dates	Sample	Population	Topline	Source
Activote	17–Oct 21, 2026	400	likely voters	Republican 53 Democrat 48	See the poll
Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research Fox News	15–Oct 19, 2026	2,011	registered voters	Republican 50 Democrat 49	See the poll
Emerson College Nexstar	17–Oct 19, 2026	1,000	likely voters	Republican 51 Democrat 47	See the poll
Yougov CBS News	8–Oct 16, 2026	1,460	likely voters	Republican 52 Democrat 48	See the poll
Activote	Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026	400	likely voters	Republican 51 Democrat 49	See the poll
University Of Houston Hobby School Of Public Affairs	10–Oct 14, 2026	2,000	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 46	See the poll
New River Strategies/Gs Strategy Group Cook Political Report	9–Oct 13, 2026	934	likely voters	Republican 48 Democrat 46	See the poll
Marist University	8–Oct 11, 2026	1,196	registered voters	Republican 49 Democrat 45	See the poll
Reconmr/Siena Research Institute	5–Oct 8, 2026	617	likely voters	Republican 48 Democrat 47	See the poll
Gbao	5–Oct 8, 2026	800	likely voters	Democrat 47 Republican 45	See the poll
Yougov	Sep 28, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026	3,622	likely voters	Democrat 48 Republican 47	See the poll
Yougov University of Texas	Sep 25, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026	861	likely voters	Democrat 49 Republican 48	See the poll
The New York Times/Siena University	21–Sep 30, 2026	615	likely voters	Democrat 49 Republican 46	See the poll
Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research Fox News	24–Sep 28, 2026	881	likely voters	Republican 50 Democrat 49	See the poll
Guidant Polling And Strategy Public First Action	20–Sep 28, 2026	800	likely voters	Republican 46 Democrat 44	See the poll
University Of Massachusetts Lowell Center For Public Opinion/Yougov	18–Sep 28, 2026	850	likely voters	Republican 48 Democrat 44	See the poll
Big Data Poll Public Polling Project	24–Sep 26, 2026	698	likely voters	Republican 48 Democrat 44	See the poll
Stratus Intelligence Texans for a Conservative Majority	22–Sep 24, 2026	865	likely voters	Republican 50 Democrat 45	See the poll
Slingshot Strategies Texas Public Opinion Research	19–Sep 22, 2026	1,007	likely voters	Republican 50 Democrat 46	See the poll
Marist University	17–Sep 20, 2026	1,139	registered voters	Democrat 49 Republican 46	See the poll
Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research And Survey Center	15–Sep 19, 2026	1,800	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 45	See the poll
Emerson College Nexstar	12–Sep 14, 2026	1,000	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 46	See the poll
Socal Strategies	12–Sep 13, 2026	649	likely voters	Republican 52 Democrat 44	See the poll
Reconmr/Siena Research Institute	8–Sep 11, 2026	614	likely voters	Democrat 49 Republican 45	See the poll
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. Telemundo	8–Sep 10, 2026	625	likely voters	Republican 48 Democrat 41	See the poll
Yougov Univision	Aug 27, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026	1,000	registered voters	Democrat 47 Republican 47	See the poll
Fabrizio Ward/Impact Research AARP	Aug 30, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026	895	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 46	See the poll
Overton Insights Texas Public Policy Foundation	24–Aug 26, 2026	1,167	likely voters	Republican 51 Democrat 49	See the poll
Slingshot Strategies Texas Public Opinion Research	21–Aug 24, 2026	1,000	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 42	See the poll
Yougov University of Texas	5–Aug 13, 2026	1,200	registered voters	Republican 45 Democrat 40	See the poll
Emerson College Nexstar	9–Aug 10, 2026	1,000	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 45	See the poll
Gbao	4–Aug 9, 2026	1,000	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 48	See the poll
Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research And Survey Center	27–Jul 30, 2026	1,200	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 43	See the poll
Reconmr/Siena Research Institute Texas A&M Bush School	27–Jul 30, 2026	619	likely voters	Republican 46 Democrat 45	See the poll
Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research Fox News	23–Jul 27, 2026	1,006	registered voters	Republican 50 Democrat 49	See the poll
Slingshot Strategies Texas Public Opinion Research	15–Jul 17, 2026	1,048	likely voters	Republican 45 Democrat 42	See the poll
The New York Times/Siena University	19–Jun 27, 2026	656	likely voters	Republican 51 Democrat 44	See the poll
Socal Strategies Red Eagle Politics	June 21, 2026	800	likely voters	Republican 54 Democrat 42	See the poll
Yougov University of Texas	5–Jun 12, 2026	1,200	registered voters	Republican 47 Democrat 40	See the poll
Quantus Insights	3–Jun 4, 2026	800	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 41	See the poll
Reconmr/Siena Research Institute Texas A&M Bush School	1–Jun 4, 2026	807	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 43	See the poll
Slingshot Strategies Texas Public Opinion Research	27–May 28, 2026	1,670	likely voters	Republican 46 Democrat 41	See the poll
Public Policy Polling Lone Star Rising PAC	22–May 23, 2026	643	registered voters	Republican 48 Democrat 44	See the poll
Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research And Survey Center	Apr 22, 2026 – May 6, 2026	1,223	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 43	See the poll
Slingshot Strategies Texas Public Opinion Research	17–Apr 20, 2026	1,018	likely voters	Republican 48 Democrat 43	See the poll
Yougov University of Texas	10–Apr 20, 2026	1,200	registered voters	Republican 44 Democrat 38	See the poll
University Of Texas At Tyler Center For Opinion Research	13–Feb 22, 2026	1,117	registered voters	Republican 49 Democrat 41	See the poll
Gbao	Jan 26, 2026 – Feb 3, 2026	1,000	likely voters	Republican 46 Democrat 43	See the poll
University Of Houston Hobby School Of Public Affairs	20–Jan 31, 2026	1,502	likely voters	Republican 49 Democrat 42	See the poll
Emerson College Nexstar	10–Jan 12, 2026	1,165	registered voters	Republican 50 Democrat 42	See the poll
Slingshot Strategies Texas Public Opinion Research	27–Aug 29, 2025	843	registered voters	Republican 49 Democrat 43	See the poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current governor

Greg Abbott · Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

Republican Incumbent

Greg Abbott
source
Democrat Challenger

Gina Hinojosa
source
Other Challenger

Pat Dixon
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Previous election (2022)

The Republicans won by 10.9 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 4.9 points.

Other races to watch

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Ohio Democrat, toss-up
Georgia Democrat, toss-up
Florida Republican, toss-up
Nevada Democrat, toss-up
Alaska Republican, toss-up
Kansas Republican, toss-up

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

Forecast updated: October 23, 2026