Grayson County voters backed Republicans Greg Abbott for governor and Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate by wide margins on Tuesday, even as NBC News projected their Democratic opponents, Gina Hinojosa and James Talarico, as the winners statewide.
The local numbers come from the Grayson County Elections Administration's unofficial summary report timestamped 9:17 p.m. Tuesday. The report does not say whether every vote center had been counted, and all results remain unofficial until the canvass.
Turnout
The report listed 54,184 ballots cast out of 94,498 registered voters, a turnout of 57.34%. Of those, 39,962 were cast during early voting, 12,554 on Election Day and 1,668 by mail.
Statewide races in Grayson County
Governor: Greg Abbott (R) 37,644 (69.47%); Gina Hinojosa (D) 15,327 (28.29%); Pat Dixon (L) 916 (1.69%); write-ins 72.
U.S. Senate: Ken Paxton (R) 36,326 (67.04%); James Talarico (D) 16,190 (29.88%); Ted Brown (L) 1,266 (2.34%); write-ins 103.
Statewide, NBC News' Decision Desk projected Hinojosa the winner for governor and Talarico the winner for Senate, NBC DFW reported. Abbott conceded Tuesday night, according to NBC DFW.
Congress and the Texas House
In the 4th Congressional District, Rep. Pat Fallon (R) had 38,617 votes (71.27%) in Grayson County to 14,767 (27.25%) for Democrat Jason Pearce. The district reaches well beyond the county, and the Texas Secretary of State's districtwide count at 10:54 p.m., with 19% of polling locations reporting, showed Fallon with 100,492 votes and Pearce with 98,414.
In Texas House District 62, Shelley Luther (R) had 37,547 votes (69.30%) in Grayson County and Catherine Thorne (D) had 15,115 (27.90%).
