2020 Texas General Election Story (Senate)

A head to head comparison of the Texas 2020 General Election gives us an idea of the break down of the voters.

John Cornyn received 6M (55.0 %) votes, beating Mary Jennings "MJ" Hegar who gained 4.9M (45.0 %) by 1.1M votes in Texas.

Mary Jennings "MJ" Hegar won 21 counties out of the 254 counties that make up Texas. The record shows that John Cornyn won 233 counties.

During the 2020 general elections, over 11M total number of votes were cast. John Cornyn got 5,962,983 (6M) over Mary Jennings "MJ" Hegar 4,888,764 (5M). He won the popular vote by 5,962,983 (6M). His victory in the State of Texas (with 5,962,983 votes) represents 50.0% of his popular vote victory.

Top 15 Counties in General Elections

These 15 counties play an important role in these Primary elections. If a candidate, can get a sizable majority in the largest counties (Harris, Tarrant and Dallas), it becomes very difficult to win majorities in the smaller counties without voter outreach and increased voter participation in them.

Top 15 Counties Comparison in General Elections

Harris, Dallas and Bexar, three of the larger counties voted in favor of Mary Jennings "MJ" Hegar, giving him a 354k vote advantage.