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2018 US Senate election in Texas

Ted Cruz (Republican) beat Beto O'Rourke (Democrat) in Texas in 2018, 50.9% to 48.3%, a margin of 2.6 points and 214,921 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Ted Cruz also won.

Republicans led in 222 of the 254 counties and Democrats in 32. The largest, Harris, cast 1,207,754 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.7 points. The closest was Kenedy, where 23 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ted Cruz won Republican 4,260,553 50.9%
Beto O'Rourke Democratic 4,045,632 48.3%
All other candidates 65,470 0.8%
Total8,371,655

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 700,200 58.0% 498,902 41.3% 8,652 1,207,754 D+16.7
Dallas 481,395 66.1% 241,126 33.1% 5,368 727,889 D+33.0
Tarrant 313,497 49.9% 309,189 49.2% 5,208 627,894 D+0.7
Bexar 326,121 59.5% 217,204 39.6% 5,018 548,343 D+19.9
Travis 359,772 74.3% 119,278 24.6% 5,154 484,204 D+49.7
Collin 165,614 46.5% 187,425 52.7% 2,927 355,966 R+6.1
Denton 134,649 45.5% 158,744 53.7% 2,409 295,802 R+8.1
Fort Bend 142,399 55.7% 111,423 43.6% 1,616 255,438 D+12.1
Williamson 105,850 50.8% 99,857 48.0% 2,514 208,221 D+2.9
El Paso 151,482 74.4% 50,943 25.0% 1,189 203,614 D+49.4
Montgomery 51,268 27.0% 137,395 72.3% 1,433 190,096 R+45.3
Hidalgo 104,416 68.8% 46,505 30.6% 834 151,755 D+38.2
Galveston 45,065 39.7% 67,641 59.5% 916 113,622 R+19.9
Brazoria 45,228 40.5% 65,693 58.8% 832 111,753 R+18.3
Nueces 47,392 50.4% 45,956 48.9% 719 94,067 D+1.5
Lubbock 32,068 35.0% 58,780 64.2% 731 91,579 R+29.2
Bell 38,417 44.4% 47,437 54.8% 723 86,577 R+10.4
Hays 45,290 57.2% 33,098 41.8% 852 79,240 D+15.4
Cameron 48,770 62.6% 28,574 36.7% 568 77,912 D+25.9
Smith 23,182 30.0% 53,760 69.5% 458 77,400 R+39.5
McLennan 28,452 38.0% 45,855 61.2% 568 74,875 R+23.2
Jefferson 37,035 50.0% 36,656 49.5% 379 74,070 D+0.5
Brazos 27,876 43.2% 35,971 55.8% 640 64,487 R+12.6
Comal 16,830 27.4% 44,079 71.7% 586 61,495 R+44.3
Ellis 19,106 31.5% 41,022 67.7% 461 60,589 R+36.2
Guadalupe 20,079 36.8% 33,938 62.2% 554 54,571 R+25.4
Parker 9,956 18.3% 44,071 80.9% 468 54,495 R+62.6
Johnson 12,211 23.4% 39,571 75.8% 454 52,236 R+52.4
Webb 35,159 71.2% 13,814 28.0% 408 49,381 D+43.2
Randall 9,613 19.8% 38,479 79.4% 363 48,455 R+59.6
Grayson 11,157 25.9% 31,655 73.4% 332 43,144 R+47.5
Midland 9,723 22.6% 32,867 76.5% 365 42,955 R+53.9
Taylor 10,489 25.8% 29,811 73.3% 357 40,657 R+47.5
Rockwall 11,713 30.3% 26,590 68.8% 329 38,632 R+38.5
Kaufman 12,002 31.3% 26,118 68.1% 252 38,372 R+36.8
Gregg 11,133 31.0% 24,569 68.4% 234 35,936 R+37.4
Tom Green 9,690 28.0% 24,648 71.2% 292 34,630 R+43.2
Wichita 9,971 29.4% 23,648 69.7% 299 33,918 R+40.3
Ector 9,230 30.3% 20,996 68.9% 248 30,474 R+38.6
Hunt 7,151 25.1% 21,115 74.1% 222 28,488 R+49.0
Bowie 7,960 28.2% 20,131 71.2% 182 28,273 R+43.0
Bastrop 12,082 44.0% 15,067 54.9% 312 27,461 R+10.9
Victoria 8,046 29.6% 19,005 69.9% 157 27,208 R+40.3
Henderson 5,415 20.4% 20,891 78.8% 205 26,511 R+58.4
Angelina 7,130 27.0% 19,166 72.5% 153 26,449 R+45.5
Orange 5,050 19.2% 21,164 80.4% 118 26,332 R+61.2
Hood 4,720 18.9% 20,090 80.3% 195 25,005 R+61.5
Potter 7,521 30.8% 16,689 68.3% 214 24,424 R+37.5
Wise 3,915 16.9% 19,023 82.3% 179 23,117 R+65.4
Harrison 6,245 27.6% 16,226 71.8% 122 22,593 R+44.2
Kerr 5,198 23.4% 16,822 75.8% 185 22,205 R+52.3
Nacogdoches 7,732 35.7% 13,775 63.7% 126 21,633 R+27.9
Liberty 4,421 21.5% 16,041 78.0% 114 20,576 R+56.5
Hardin 2,636 13.1% 17,391 86.5% 71 20,098 R+73.4
Kendall 4,340 21.9% 15,292 77.2% 164 19,796 R+55.3
Burnet 4,444 24.0% 13,859 75.0% 187 18,490 R+50.9
San Patricio 6,777 37.2% 11,335 62.2% 107 18,219 R+25.0
Van Zandt 2,634 14.7% 15,182 84.7% 116 17,932 R+70.0
Walker 6,186 34.6% 11,535 64.6% 132 17,853 R+30.0
Wilson 4,567 25.8% 13,025 73.5% 127 17,719 R+47.7
Polk 3,850 23.0% 12,794 76.4% 106 16,750 R+53.4
Wood 2,635 15.7% 13,987 83.6% 118 16,740 R+67.8
Waller 6,335 38.2% 10,167 61.2% 101 16,603 R+23.1
Lamar 3,715 22.5% 12,688 76.8% 126 16,529 R+54.3
Rusk 3,609 22.2% 12,595 77.4% 76 16,280 R+55.2
Medina 4,621 28.6% 11,444 70.7% 114 16,179 R+42.2
Coryell 5,067 31.9% 10,626 67.0% 170 15,863 R+35.0
Chambers 2,926 19.3% 12,146 80.0% 109 15,181 R+60.7
Cherokee 3,200 21.4% 11,621 77.9% 103 14,924 R+56.4
Anderson 3,307 22.4% 11,335 76.9% 94 14,736 R+54.5
Cooke 2,545 17.5% 11,868 81.7% 111 14,524 R+64.2
Navarro 3,918 27.2% 10,391 72.1% 107 14,416 R+44.9
Upshur 2,364 16.9% 11,529 82.4% 91 13,984 R+65.5
Washington 3,263 24.2% 10,134 75.1% 95 13,492 R+50.9
Wharton 3,793 29.3% 9,094 70.3% 55 12,942 R+41.0
Erath 2,486 19.7% 10,055 79.6% 84 12,625 R+60.0
Gillespie 2,572 20.5% 9,890 78.8% 81 12,543 R+58.3
Atascosa 4,332 35.5% 7,753 63.5% 119 12,204 R+28.0
Brown 1,671 13.8% 10,391 85.6% 71 12,133 R+71.9
Hopkins 2,545 21.4% 9,306 78.1% 69 11,920 R+56.7
Jasper 2,282 19.3% 9,504 80.3% 47 11,833 R+61.0
Caldwell 5,227 45.5% 6,147 53.5% 107 11,481 R+8.0
Hill 2,443 21.4% 8,927 78.1% 63 11,433 R+56.7
Val Verde 5,955 52.2% 5,345 46.9% 105 11,405 D+5.3
Austin 2,241 20.3% 8,722 79.0% 84 11,047 R+58.7
Maverick 7,727 71.7% 2,951 27.4% 98 10,776 D+44.3
Fannin 2,107 19.6% 8,569 79.7% 74 10,750 R+60.1
Starr 8,246 76.7% 2,436 22.7% 68 10,750 D+54.0
Fayette 2,198 21.0% 8,227 78.5% 53 10,478 R+57.5
Matagorda 3,042 29.1% 7,326 70.1% 78 10,446 R+41.0
Cass 2,024 19.8% 8,148 79.7% 45 10,217 R+59.9
Llano 2,124 20.9% 7,954 78.3% 76 10,154 R+57.4
Jim Wells 5,331 53.8% 4,520 45.7% 49 9,900 D+8.2
Bandera 1,865 19.5% 7,643 79.7% 76 9,584 R+60.3
Palo Pinto 1,837 19.5% 7,547 80.0% 46 9,430 R+60.6
San Jacinto 1,785 19.1% 7,499 80.3% 55 9,339 R+61.2
Aransas 2,247 25.0% 6,677 74.4% 56 8,980 R+49.3
Panola 1,598 18.3% 7,120 81.4% 31 8,749 R+63.1
Kleberg 4,456 51.8% 4,081 47.5% 59 8,596 D+4.4
Grimes 2,034 23.7% 6,490 75.5% 70 8,594 R+51.9
Titus 2,265 28.3% 5,685 71.0% 55 8,005 R+42.7
Milam 1,997 25.0% 5,922 74.1% 68 7,987 R+49.1
Uvalde 3,528 44.5% 4,348 54.8% 59 7,935 R+10.3
Lavaca 1,019 13.2% 6,688 86.4% 30 7,737 R+73.3
Colorado 1,825 23.9% 5,779 75.7% 33 7,637 R+51.8
Shelby 1,521 20.1% 6,008 79.5% 32 7,561 R+59.3
Lampasas 1,569 21.0% 5,836 78.1% 65 7,470 R+57.1
Montague 941 12.7% 6,424 86.6% 56 7,421 R+73.9
Howard 1,693 22.9% 5,651 76.3% 60 7,404 R+53.5
Hale 1,970 26.7% 5,360 72.5% 62 7,392 R+45.9
Houston 1,772 24.1% 5,552 75.4% 36 7,360 R+51.4
Bee 2,811 38.9% 4,342 60.2% 64 7,217 R+21.2
Bosque 1,374 19.2% 5,718 79.9% 63 7,155 R+60.7
Tyler 1,185 16.6% 5,919 82.9% 35 7,139 R+66.3
Limestone 1,672 24.2% 5,211 75.3% 33 6,916 R+51.2
Hutchinson 753 11.3% 5,854 88.1% 35 6,642 R+76.8
Leon 855 13.0% 5,711 86.7% 23 6,589 R+73.7
Freestone 1,279 19.5% 5,243 79.9% 40 6,562 R+60.4
Burleson 1,427 21.8% 5,079 77.5% 45 6,551 R+55.7
Young 821 12.8% 5,543 86.5% 41 6,405 R+73.7
Robertson 1,942 31.0% 4,292 68.5% 31 6,265 R+37.5
Eastland 800 12.9% 5,377 86.7% 28 6,205 R+73.8
Dewitt 1,128 18.4% 4,974 81.1% 29 6,131 R+62.7
Calhoun 1,874 30.6% 4,198 68.6% 47 6,119 R+38.0
Hockley 1,211 19.9% 4,844 79.5% 39 6,094 R+59.6
Gray 615 10.4% 5,246 88.9% 40 5,901 R+78.5
Lee 1,322 22.6% 4,487 76.7% 38 5,847 R+54.1
Blanco 1,567 27.0% 4,180 72.0% 57 5,804 R+45.0
Gonzales 1,422 25.3% 4,174 74.2% 31 5,627 R+48.9
Trinity 998 19.3% 4,146 80.1% 31 5,175 R+60.8
Callahan 610 12.1% 4,373 87.1% 40 5,023 R+74.9
Jones 832 16.7% 4,115 82.6% 37 4,984 R+65.9
Jackson 832 17.5% 3,911 82.2% 17 4,760 R+64.7
Falls 1,445 30.9% 3,215 68.7% 20 4,680 R+37.8
Newton 993 21.2% 3,660 78.3% 23 4,676 R+57.0
Comanche 781 16.9% 3,800 82.4% 30 4,611 R+65.5
Red River 973 22.0% 3,427 77.6% 18 4,418 R+55.5
Rains 681 15.5% 3,702 84.0% 23 4,406 R+68.6
Scurry 642 14.7% 3,705 84.9% 16 4,363 R+70.2
Willacy 2,773 64.1% 1,527 35.3% 23 4,323 D+28.8
Clay 547 12.8% 3,710 86.5% 31 4,288 R+73.8
Morris 1,257 29.7% 2,951 69.8% 21 4,229 R+40.1
Karnes 1,203 29.1% 2,900 70.1% 33 4,136 R+41.0
Andrews 776 18.8% 3,338 80.8% 17 4,131 R+62.0
Duval 2,765 67.3% 1,328 32.3% 18 4,111 D+35.0
Brewster 2,147 52.5% 1,879 46.0% 60 4,086 D+6.6
Nolan 927 22.8% 3,116 76.6% 26 4,069 R+53.8
Moore 787 19.4% 3,248 80.0% 25 4,060 R+60.6
Franklin 639 16.1% 3,300 83.0% 35 3,974 R+67.0
Sabine 496 12.5% 3,456 87.1% 15 3,967 R+74.6
Camp 1,119 28.8% 2,749 70.6% 24 3,892 R+41.9
Gaines 513 13.3% 3,317 86.2% 19 3,849 R+72.9
Madison 780 20.4% 3,033 79.2% 18 3,831 R+58.8
Deaf Smith 1,067 28.3% 2,680 71.0% 28 3,775 R+42.7
Somervell 633 17.2% 3,032 82.2% 25 3,690 R+65.0
Frio 2,016 54.8% 1,636 44.5% 28 3,680 D+10.3
Live Oak 602 16.5% 3,032 83.0% 21 3,655 R+66.5
Archer 376 10.4% 3,208 89.1% 18 3,602 R+78.6
Pecos 1,339 38.0% 2,161 61.4% 20 3,520 R+23.4
Marion 1,018 29.1% 2,448 70.0% 31 3,497 R+40.9
Lamb 699 20.2% 2,741 79.3% 17 3,457 R+59.1
Wilbarger 776 22.6% 2,639 76.7% 24 3,439 R+54.2
Hamilton 507 15.2% 2,795 83.9% 28 3,330 R+68.7
Runnels 385 11.8% 2,842 87.5% 22 3,249 R+75.6
Coleman 351 11.2% 2,759 88.3% 16 3,126 R+77.0
Goliad 717 23.3% 2,326 75.7% 29 3,072 R+52.4
San Augustine 734 24.3% 2,266 75.1% 16 3,016 R+50.8
Dawson 811 26.9% 2,192 72.7% 12 3,015 R+45.8
Stephens 324 10.9% 2,627 88.6% 13 2,964 R+77.7
Ward 800 27.4% 2,096 71.8% 24 2,920 R+44.4
Zavala 2,313 79.3% 589 20.2% 15 2,917 D+59.1
Dimmit 2,041 70.6% 839 29.0% 12 2,892 D+41.6
Jack 296 10.5% 2,498 88.8% 19 2,813 R+78.3
Terry 629 22.4% 2,169 77.1% 15 2,813 R+54.7
McCulloch 400 15.0% 2,244 84.0% 26 2,670 R+69.1
Refugio 847 34.0% 1,636 65.7% 9 2,492 R+31.7
Carson 244 10.0% 2,185 89.1% 22 2,451 R+79.2
Ochiltree 229 9.5% 2,159 89.5% 25 2,413 R+80.0
Reeves 1,252 52.3% 1,125 47.0% 15 2,392 D+5.3
Zapata 1,392 62.6% 821 36.9% 10 2,223 D+25.7
San Saba 247 11.9% 1,811 87.5% 11 2,069 R+75.6
Parmer 372 18.1% 1,675 81.4% 10 2,057 R+63.3
Mills 229 11.4% 1,764 88.0% 11 2,004 R+76.6
Mason 402 20.4% 1,560 79.3% 5 1,967 R+58.9
Delta 354 18.3% 1,562 80.8% 16 1,932 R+62.5
Brooks 1,376 71.6% 543 28.2% 4 1,923 D+43.3
Mitchell 323 16.9% 1,585 82.9% 5 1,913 R+66.0
Yoakum 335 17.6% 1,558 81.9% 10 1,903 R+64.3
Swisher 420 22.2% 1,461 77.1% 14 1,895 R+54.9
Floyd 476 25.3% 1,394 74.2% 9 1,879 R+48.9
Wheeler 125 6.9% 1,679 92.8% 6 1,810 R+85.9
Childress 234 13.2% 1,525 86.3% 8 1,767 R+73.1
Hansford 138 8.1% 1,552 90.8% 20 1,710 R+82.7
Kimble 195 11.4% 1,495 87.7% 14 1,704 R+76.3
Lynn 323 19.0% 1,369 80.7% 5 1,697 R+61.6
Haskell 302 18.1% 1,360 81.3% 10 1,672 R+63.3
Presidio 1,220 73.4% 432 26.0% 10 1,662 D+47.4
Castro 394 24.3% 1,219 75.1% 10 1,623 R+50.8
Bailey 405 25.1% 1,202 74.5% 7 1,614 R+49.4
Hartley 151 9.4% 1,451 90.3% 4 1,606 R+80.9
Real 245 15.7% 1,311 83.8% 8 1,564 R+68.2
Martin 243 15.6% 1,297 83.5% 14 1,554 R+67.8
Fisher 340 22.8% 1,139 76.2% 15 1,494 R+53.5
La Salle 813 54.6% 673 45.2% 3 1,489 D+9.4
Jim Hogg 1,060 71.8% 409 27.7% 8 1,477 D+44.1
Winkler 321 22.1% 1,123 77.2% 11 1,455 R+55.1
Crosby 437 30.7% 978 68.8% 7 1,422 R+38.0
Hemphill 157 11.4% 1,209 87.9% 9 1,375 R+76.5
Coke 137 10.6% 1,150 88.7% 10 1,297 R+78.1
Garza 203 15.8% 1,068 83.0% 16 1,287 R+67.2
Shackelford 103 8.0% 1,174 91.6% 4 1,281 R+83.6
Donley 161 12.6% 1,110 86.8% 8 1,279 R+74.2
Crockett 340 26.6% 928 72.7% 8 1,276 R+46.1
Baylor 156 12.6% 1,072 86.7% 9 1,237 R+74.1
Sutton 265 22.0% 934 77.4% 7 1,206 R+55.5
Kinney 358 29.9% 827 69.0% 14 1,199 R+39.1
Jeff Davis 466 39.6% 683 58.0% 28 1,177 R+18.4
Hardeman 185 15.9% 973 83.7% 4 1,162 R+67.8
Dallam 139 12.5% 970 87.0% 6 1,115 R+74.5
Knox 229 21.0% 855 78.2% 9 1,093 R+57.3
Lipscomb 116 10.9% 942 88.3% 9 1,067 R+77.4
Crane 213 20.2% 836 79.2% 6 1,055 R+59.1
Upton 169 16.4% 854 82.8% 8 1,031 R+66.4
Concho 163 16.6% 803 81.9% 14 980 R+65.3
Hall 161 16.6% 807 83.1% 3 971 R+66.5
Schleicher 209 22.0% 735 77.2% 8 952 R+55.3
Collingsworth 113 12.1% 814 87.3% 5 932 R+75.2
Hudspeth 404 43.6% 506 54.6% 17 927 R+11.0
Armstrong 74 8.2% 819 91.1% 6 899 R+82.9
Reagan 136 16.3% 692 83.0% 6 834 R+66.7
Culberson 521 63.0% 297 35.9% 9 827 D+27.1
Sherman 87 10.6% 692 84.2% 43 822 R+73.6
Oldham 82 10.0% 732 89.7% 2 816 R+79.7
Menard 145 18.5% 632 80.7% 6 783 R+62.2
Edwards 145 19.2% 604 79.8% 8 757 R+60.6
Dickens 113 15.0% 635 84.2% 6 754 R+69.2
Irion 96 13.0% 636 86.2% 6 738 R+73.2
Throckmorton 77 11.0% 617 87.8% 9 703 R+76.8
Cochran 140 20.4% 541 78.9% 5 686 R+58.5
Briscoe 69 11.1% 553 88.6% 2 624 R+77.6
Stonewall 112 18.2% 497 80.9% 5 614 R+62.7
Cottle 97 17.4% 458 82.2% 2 557 R+64.8
Glasscock 37 6.7% 513 92.6% 4 554 R+85.9
Motley 40 7.6% 483 91.7% 4 527 R+84.1
Sterling 44 9.1% 442 90.9% 486 R+81.9
Terrell 138 29.6% 323 69.3% 5 466 R+39.7
Roberts 19 4.1% 441 95.9% 460 R+91.7
Foard 113 26.0% 321 73.8% 1 435 R+47.8
McMullen 41 9.5% 387 90.0% 2 430 R+80.5
Borden 22 6.4% 320 93.3% 1 343 R+86.9
Kent 44 12.9% 293 85.7% 5 342 R+72.8
Kenedy 77 42.8% 100 55.6% 3 180 R+12.8
King 6 4.6% 124 94.7% 1 131 R+90.1
Loving 6 11.3% 46 86.8% 1 53 R+75.5

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Texas Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Ted Cruz (R) R+8.5
2020 John Cornyn (R) R+9.6
2018 Ted Cruz (R) R+2.6
2014 John Cornyn (R) R+27.2
2012 Ted Cruz (R) R+15.8
2008 John Cornyn (R) R+12.0
2006 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+25.6
2002 John Cornyn (R) R+12.0
2000 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+32.8
1996 Phil Gramm (R) R+10.8
1994 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+22.5
1990 Phil Gramm (R) R+22.8
1988 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+19.2
1984 Phil Gramm (R) R+17.1
1982 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+18.1
1978 John G. Tower (R) R+0.5
1976 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+14.5
1972 John G. Tower (R) R+9.1
1970 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+7.1
1966 John G. Tower (R) R+13.3
1964 Ralph Yarborough (D) D+12.7
1960 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.9
1958 Ralph Yarborough (D) D+51.0
1954 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+69.9
1952 Price Daniel (D) D+100.0
1948 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.3
1946 Tom Connally (D) D+77.1
1942 Pappy O'Daniel (D) D+90.5
1940 Tom Connally (D) D+88.5
1936 Morris Sheppard (D) D+85.4
1934 Tom Connally (D) D+93.8
1930 Morris Sheppard (D) D+74.2
1928 Tom Connally (D) D+62.5
1924 Morris Sheppard (D) D+70.8
1922 Earle B. Mayfield (D) D+66.9
1918 Morris Sheppard (D) D+74.3
1916 Charles Culberson (D) D+68.2