MAPS: How Bexar County precincts voted for U.S. Senate, governor in the 2026 midterms

One week after a historic victory for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections, data showed fewer Bexar County ballots were cast for Republicans, following statewide trends that helped lead to a victory for U.S. Senator-elect James Talarico and Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa.

Prior to 2026, Texas’ last two elections for U.S. Senator took place during a presidential election year. While turnout for Democrats mirrored the number of votes cast during those presidential cycles, Republican turnout mirrored the number of ballots cast for Republican Ted Cruz in 2018 when he faced Beto O’Rourke.

This year, the Bexar County Elections Department reported 1,455 provisional ballots that were rejected or pending. It is unknown how many total ballots were cast provisionally.

Across Bexar County, there were also 26,513 ballots cast by mail. Of those received by the elections department, 4,876 mail-in ballots were rejected or pending.

There are an additional 7,650 ballots that were requested but have not yet been returned or are pending voter action.

Bexar County also reported a discrepancy of 1,921 between the number of voters and the number of ballots cast. That represents approximately 0.29% of voters.