Election observers have noted some highly unusual facts about this year’s midterm results
Summarized by Jennifer Rae Vliet, News Editor of The Plain Truth
Original reporting by The Daily Signal, via WND
The Texas 2026 election results have drawn questions about turnout and Democratic vote totals in several major counties. The Daily Signal reports that some Texans, including former candidates, want a clearer explanation of the figures.
How the Texas 2026 election results compare with past races
The Daily Signal reports that Democrat Gina Hinojosa received about 1.7 million more votes in the governor’s race than Beto O’Rourke received in 2022. It also compares Democrat James Talarico’s 2026 U.S. Senate vote total with Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential vote total in Texas.
Those comparisons span different elections. The Talarico comparison also spans different offices. To understand how much turnout changed, readers can compare the total ballots cast and the share of registered voters who participated in each year.
What observers want clarified
Independent journalist Kyle Becker and others pointed to figures they said had changed or differed across published reports. The Daily Signal reports that they called for more transparency about those numbers.
The comparisons raise questions about turnout and how the totals were reported. The figures cited in the article excerpt do not establish that anyone cast an illegal vote.
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