forecasts · by race
land commissioner, 2026
R+6.6 · likely R · buckingham 85% to win
candidate party vote votes chance
flores democrat 46.7% 4,863,716 15%
buckingham republican 53.3% 5,548,234 85%
the 2026 forecast of the race for land commissioner in Texas, Flores against Buckingham, counted on the two alone. open it on the forecast map , precinct by precinct.
by group of voters
group forecast lead votes
white voters buckingham 65.7% R+31.4 6,487,584
hispanic voters flores 60.1% D+20.3 2,044,574
black voters flores 88.0% D+76.0 1,196,098
other voters flores 52.3% D+4.5 683,680
by county
county forecast lead votes
anderson buckingham 79.2% R+58.4 17,978
andrews buckingham 84.0% R+68.0 5,572
angelina buckingham 74.7% R+49.4 31,770
aransas buckingham 75.3% R+50.5 12,126
archer buckingham 88.7% R+77.4 4,850
armstrong buckingham 91.1% R+82.2 1,057
atascosa buckingham 65.8% R+31.6 16,827
austin buckingham 79.7% R+59.4 14,317
bailey buckingham 79.5% R+59.0 1,601
bandera buckingham 78.9% R+57.7 12,668
bastrop buckingham 56.4% R+12.9 36,505
baylor buckingham 87.7% R+75.3 1,564
bee buckingham 64.4% R+28.8 8,034
bell buckingham 55.4% R+10.8 118,746
bexar flores 60.2% D+20.3 684,996
blanco buckingham 74.9% R+49.7 7,990
borden buckingham 96.4% R+92.9 365
bosque buckingham 81.5% R+63.0 8,987
bowie buckingham 73.9% R+47.9 33,882
brazoria buckingham 56.5% R+12.9 147,866
brazos buckingham 60.3% R+20.6 84,695
brewster buckingham 53.8% R+7.5 4,223
briscoe buckingham 88.9% R+77.9 700
brooks flores 64.7% D+29.5 2,116
brown buckingham 85.3% R+70.7 15,789
burleson buckingham 80.1% R+60.1 8,722
burnet buckingham 76.4% R+52.8 26,355
caldwell buckingham 53.5% R+7.0 14,356
calhoun buckingham 72.4% R+44.7 7,255
callahan buckingham 87.2% R+74.3 6,563
cameron flores 55.5% D+11.0 105,298
camp buckingham 75.5% R+51.0 4,902
carson buckingham 89.1% R+78.3 2,960
cass buckingham 82.4% R+64.9 13,306
castro buckingham 77.8% R+55.6 1,849
chambers buckingham 80.8% R+61.6 23,235
cherokee buckingham 80.3% R+60.7 19,076
childress buckingham 86.6% R+73.2 2,101
clay buckingham 88.4% R+76.8 5,563
cochran buckingham 81.5% R+62.9 815
coke buckingham 87.5% R+75.0 1,715
coleman buckingham 88.2% R+76.3 3,892
collin buckingham 51.2% R+2.3 469,923
collingsworth buckingham 87.7% R+75.3 1,126
colorado buckingham 77.1% R+54.2 9,317
comal buckingham 70.6% R+41.1 96,522
comanche buckingham 84.7% R+69.3 6,144
concho buckingham 84.3% R+68.7 1,116
cooke buckingham 81.6% R+63.2 19,101
coryell buckingham 67.9% R+35.8 21,737
cottle buckingham 85.4% R+70.7 606
crane buckingham 83.7% R+67.4 1,244
crockett buckingham 73.9% R+47.8 1,274
crosby buckingham 74.5% R+49.0 1,721
culberson buckingham 51.0% R+2.0 693
dallam buckingham 87.8% R+75.7 1,323
dallas flores 65.9% D+31.7 769,771
dawson buckingham 78.2% R+56.4 3,206
deaf smith buckingham 73.5% R+47.0 3,935
delta buckingham 82.5% R+64.9 2,499
denton buckingham 53.1% R+6.3 414,379
dewitt buckingham 81.2% R+62.4 7,289
dickens buckingham 84.2% R+68.4 925
dimmit flores 61.8% D+23.7 2,946
donley buckingham 88.2% R+76.4 1,577
duval flores 57.2% D+14.4 3,810
eastland buckingham 87.3% R+74.6 7,826
ector buckingham 72.7% R+45.5 39,230
edwards buckingham 83.2% R+66.5 911
el paso flores 63.3% D+26.5 220,645
ellis buckingham 63.0% R+25.9 91,824
erath buckingham 82.2% R+64.3 17,094
falls buckingham 70.9% R+41.8 5,835
fannin buckingham 81.5% R+63.1 15,340
fayette buckingham 79.5% R+59.0 12,522
fisher buckingham 79.3% R+58.5 1,701
floyd buckingham 78.7% R+57.4 1,928
foard buckingham 82.0% R+64.0 511
fort bend flores 56.0% D+12.1 320,347
franklin buckingham 83.4% R+66.8 4,996
freestone buckingham 81.8% R+63.5 8,408
frio buckingham 53.3% R+6.5 4,347
gaines buckingham 90.4% R+80.9 5,988
galveston buckingham 61.0% R+22.0 146,500
garza buckingham 84.8% R+69.7 1,468
gillespie buckingham 79.4% R+58.8 15,552
glasscock buckingham 94.0% R+87.9 628
goliad buckingham 77.3% R+54.6 3,699
gonzales buckingham 74.4% R+48.8 7,108
gray buckingham 87.7% R+75.5 7,051
grayson buckingham 75.6% R+51.3 61,234
gregg buckingham 70.1% R+40.3 43,248
grimes buckingham 78.5% R+57.1 13,083
guadalupe buckingham 61.3% R+22.6 77,818
hale buckingham 76.2% R+52.4 8,516
hall buckingham 85.5% R+71.0 1,063
hamilton buckingham 84.4% R+68.8 4,213
hansford buckingham 91.9% R+83.7 1,866
hardeman buckingham 83.8% R+67.6 1,317
hardin buckingham 86.9% R+73.8 26,466
harris flores 57.3% D+14.6 1,411,002
harrison buckingham 75.1% R+50.2 28,117
hartley buckingham 90.9% R+81.9 1,902
haskell buckingham 83.3% R+66.6 2,088
hays flores 56.2% D+12.4 116,253
hemphill buckingham 87.2% R+74.5 1,512
henderson buckingham 79.9% R+59.9 35,911
hidalgo flores 57.0% D+14.0 194,037
hill buckingham 80.0% R+60.0 15,642
hockley buckingham 81.8% R+63.5 7,439
hood buckingham 81.3% R+62.7 34,278
hopkins buckingham 80.7% R+61.4 15,719
houston buckingham 76.9% R+53.8 8,682
howard buckingham 78.8% R+57.5 8,853
hudspeth buckingham 69.4% R+38.7 924
hunt buckingham 75.4% R+50.7 43,420
hutchinson buckingham 87.8% R+75.5 7,658
irion buckingham 85.5% R+71.0 814
jack buckingham 89.5% R+78.9 3,953
jackson buckingham 83.4% R+66.9 5,917
jasper buckingham 82.7% R+65.3 14,844
jeff davis buckingham 59.3% R+18.6 1,070
jefferson buckingham 52.6% R+5.2 78,419
jim hogg flores 64.4% D+28.7 1,415
jim wells buckingham 51.0% R+2.0 11,978
johnson buckingham 73.0% R+46.0 74,789
jones buckingham 84.2% R+68.3 6,448
karnes buckingham 74.8% R+49.6 4,674
kaufman buckingham 60.8% R+21.7 63,789
kendall buckingham 76.4% R+52.8 27,556
kenedy buckingham 63.7% R+27.3 133
kent buckingham 86.5% R+73.1 423
kerr buckingham 75.4% R+50.7 26,390
kimble buckingham 86.9% R+73.8 2,243
king buckingham 96.0% R+92.1 129
kinney buckingham 69.8% R+39.7 1,295
kleberg flores 50.1% D+0.2 9,137
knox buckingham 80.9% R+61.8 1,285
la salle buckingham 50.2% R+0.4 1,927
lamar buckingham 79.0% R+58.1 19,869
lamb buckingham 80.9% R+61.8 3,829
lampasas buckingham 78.4% R+56.9 10,445
lavaca buckingham 86.4% R+72.8 9,870
lee buckingham 79.0% R+57.9 7,861
leon buckingham 87.3% R+74.6 8,480
liberty buckingham 78.6% R+57.1 28,997
limestone buckingham 76.9% R+53.8 8,458
lipscomb buckingham 88.8% R+77.6 1,170
live oak buckingham 82.5% R+65.1 4,758
llano buckingham 79.9% R+59.7 12,860
loving buckingham 80.6% R+61.2 87
lubbock buckingham 68.2% R+36.4 115,472
lynn buckingham 84.6% R+69.3 2,369
madison buckingham 80.8% R+61.5 5,079
marion buckingham 76.3% R+52.6 4,386
martin buckingham 86.1% R+72.2 1,927
mason buckingham 81.9% R+63.8 2,373
matagorda buckingham 72.4% R+44.7 12,331
maverick flores 52.4% D+4.8 13,284
mcculloch buckingham 85.0% R+70.0 3,294
mclennan buckingham 63.3% R+26.5 93,114
mcmullen buckingham 89.0% R+78.1 451
medina buckingham 67.8% R+35.6 22,780
menard buckingham 80.3% R+60.5 975
midland buckingham 78.3% R+56.7 54,129
milam buckingham 77.0% R+53.9 10,342
mills buckingham 87.0% R+73.9 2,582
mitchell buckingham 83.8% R+67.6 2,317
montague buckingham 87.3% R+74.7 10,421
montgomery buckingham 70.6% R+41.3 286,682
moore buckingham 80.2% R+60.4 4,894
morris buckingham 74.6% R+49.3 5,049
motley buckingham 93.4% R+86.8 609
nacogdoches buckingham 68.2% R+36.5 23,822
navarro buckingham 73.2% R+46.5 18,518
newton buckingham 82.8% R+65.6 5,358
nolan buckingham 76.5% R+53.0 4,712
nueces buckingham 50.9% R+1.8 111,192
ochiltree buckingham 89.7% R+79.5 2,818
oldham buckingham 90.3% R+80.5 917
orange buckingham 82.2% R+64.4 33,843
palo pinto buckingham 81.6% R+63.2 12,448
panola buckingham 82.6% R+65.1 10,697
parker buckingham 81.4% R+62.8 85,262
parmer buckingham 83.6% R+67.2 2,324
pecos buckingham 67.6% R+35.1 3,798
polk buckingham 78.1% R+56.3 22,635
potter buckingham 70.4% R+40.9 29,537
presidio flores 68.0% D+36.0 1,798
rains buckingham 85.0% R+69.9 6,141
randall buckingham 78.7% R+57.4 62,723
reagan buckingham 81.7% R+63.4 874
real buckingham 82.0% R+64.0 1,834
red river buckingham 79.8% R+59.6 5,392
reeves buckingham 61.2% R+22.5 2,998
refugio buckingham 66.4% R+32.8 2,816
roberts buckingham 96.3% R+92.7 541
robertson buckingham 74.8% R+49.5 7,604
rockwall buckingham 67.8% R+35.6 58,252
runnels buckingham 86.3% R+72.6 3,793
rusk buckingham 78.5% R+57.1 20,088
sabine buckingham 88.7% R+77.5 5,243
san augustine buckingham 78.2% R+56.3 3,472
san jacinto buckingham 81.1% R+62.2 11,901
san patricio buckingham 63.8% R+27.5 23,485
san saba buckingham 87.0% R+74.0 2,535
schleicher buckingham 79.8% R+59.6 1,027
scurry buckingham 84.4% R+68.9 5,246
shackelford buckingham 89.6% R+79.1 1,628
shelby buckingham 82.0% R+63.9 9,312
sherman buckingham 90.2% R+80.5 839
smith buckingham 71.5% R+42.9 96,267
somervell buckingham 83.0% R+66.1 4,950
starr flores 52.8% D+5.6 13,002
stephens buckingham 87.4% R+74.8 3,516
sterling buckingham 90.5% R+80.9 582
stonewall buckingham 82.9% R+65.9 672
sutton buckingham 81.2% R+62.4 1,303
swisher buckingham 79.1% R+58.2 2,082
tarrant flores 51.1% D+2.1 755,847
taylor buckingham 72.7% R+45.5 51,541
terrell buckingham 75.7% R+51.4 366
terry buckingham 80.1% R+60.2 3,111
throckmorton buckingham 90.8% R+81.5 847
titus buckingham 75.7% R+51.4 9,471
tom green buckingham 71.1% R+42.3 42,004
travis flores 73.5% D+47.1 533,268
trinity buckingham 81.9% R+63.8 6,878
tyler buckingham 85.6% R+71.3 8,985
upshur buckingham 84.5% R+69.1 18,616
upton buckingham 85.7% R+71.3 1,176
uvalde buckingham 60.6% R+21.3 8,865
val verde buckingham 55.6% R+11.2 13,087
van zandt buckingham 85.9% R+71.7 26,356
victoria buckingham 69.3% R+38.5 32,553
walker buckingham 68.1% R+36.2 23,262
waller buckingham 60.9% R+21.7 25,319
ward buckingham 79.2% R+58.5 3,462
washington buckingham 76.1% R+52.2 17,005
webb flores 58.3% D+16.6 58,218
wharton buckingham 73.5% R+47.1 15,278
wheeler buckingham 91.1% R+82.2 2,127
wichita buckingham 70.7% R+41.4 41,225
wilbarger buckingham 78.0% R+55.9 4,135
willacy flores 58.3% D+16.6 4,953
williamson flores 51.8% D+3.6 282,084
wilson buckingham 73.5% R+47.0 25,402
winkler buckingham 82.6% R+65.2 1,775
wise buckingham 82.7% R+65.5 35,895
wood buckingham 84.1% R+68.3 22,913
yoakum buckingham 83.0% R+66.0 2,172
young buckingham 86.7% R+73.4 7,827
zapata flores 50.9% D+1.8 3,909
zavala flores 66.3% D+32.6 2,971
the map: each precinct, county or district by its forecast margin, the leader deeper by points (0 to 4, 4 to 8, 8 to 16, 16 to 32, 32 and up). ruled: no race there in 2026.
votes are projected in fractions of a vote and rounded where they are printed.
a projection of Texas alone, built october 12, 2026. how it is made is on the methodology sheet.
data · theoelections projection, 2026