Lieutenant Governor · Texas · 2026
General election · 4 on the certified November ballot · Incumbent running
Result
CalledFlip: R to DVikki Goodwin (D) won this race with 51.7% of the vote, 6.1 points ahead, defeating incumbent Dan Patrick.
- Vikki GoodwinDemocraticWinner51.7%5,083,581 votes
- Dan PatrickRepublicanIncumbent45.6%4,484,652 votes
- Anthony CristoLibertarian1.7%170,444 votes
- Kevin McCormickGreen0.9%88,033 votes
- Margin
- 598,929 votes (6.1 points)
- Reporting
- 100% of the count in
- Called
- Called by Wikipedia editors, Nov 4, 8:45 PM ET (revision)
- Seat
- Changed party: held by Dan Patrick (R)
- Last updated
- Nov 5, 1:39 AM ET
- Source
- State results feed
Unofficial until the state certifies the result.
Before the election
Polls, ratings and the Vugol Tensor below were published before votes were counted. They are not results.
Model rating Leans Republican (Open) on the Vugol Vector model, a snapshot of today, not a probability.
No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 5 of 7, updated today. Page updated 2026-11-14. Sources · What is validated
ExperimentalNews attention 61/100, how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated 2 days ago. How it works
On the November ballot (4)
Certified by the state on 2026-08-28, checked 2026-11-13.
Lost the primary (5)
Lost the 2026 primary for this seat, so not on the November ballot. Kept on the record, not deleted.
Not on the certified ballot (2)
Filed or ran for this seat, but not on the state’s certified list for November.
Official source: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2026-ballot-cert.pdf
Latest verified field polling
Verified = published by the pollster that conducted it, with a public source we link to.
No verified poll has been published for this race. The Vugol Vector call from our model is below, it is not a poll.
Polling average
No polls on file for this race yet. See latest polls across every race.
Results
Vote counts from the state’s own results feed, read every minute while votes are counted. Counts change until the state certifies.
general election · state results feed, unofficial
| Vikki Goodwin won | 5,083,581 | 51.7% |
| Dan Patrick (incumbent) | 4,484,652 | 45.6% |
| Anthony Cristo | 170,444 | 1.7% |
| Kevin McCormick | 88,033 | 0.9% |
Vikki Goodwin leads by 598,929 votes. 100% of reporting units counted.
Source: the state's official results feed, retrieved 2026-11-05 · parser state-feed-1.0.0
Key dates
Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.
- 2026-03-03, Primary election: U.S. House
- 2026-04-11, Convention: U.S. House, LIB
- 2026-05-26, Runoff: U.S. Senate
- 2026-11-03, General election: U.S. Senate
Source: FEC election dates (public domain).
In the news
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Headlines from outlets across the political spectrum, linked to the publisher. Vugol.me doesn’t write or endorse them. How we choose them · All election news
LabVugol Vector & Vugol Attention
Vugol Attention 61 Vugol Vector R · Open
Vugol Me model signals, not polls. Verified polling is in the Polls section above.
Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)
Vugol Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly
Vugol Vector
Proprietary ensemble model · a call, not a probability · model confidence: high
The breakdown of this call (the model's multi-signal input matrix, input by input) is on Ultra Pro plans.
Vugol Tensor
How far this call can miss · a range, not a prediction · no verified poll here, so the range is wider and untested
Centre R+3.3. Four times in five the result lands between D+6.1 and R+12.7; nine in ten between D+8.8 and R+15.4. Chance the Democrat finishes ahead: 33%.
Polls have missed by about four points in a typical race and they miss together. How Tensor works →
Desk data: daily telemetry
Per-source daily series, CSV export and the Vugol Vector breakdown · paid plans
Sources
- Roster, official filings; fundraising from FEC datapoints where on file (https://api.open.fec.gov/).
- Vugol Attention inputs, Wikipedia pageviews (https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/) and GDELT news volume and tone (https://www.gdeltproject.org/).
- Polls and results, individual polls and primary results listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each poll linked to the pollster's release; money and election dates from the FEC (public domain). How rows are checked.
- Models attention-1.0.0 · vector-1.1.0 · attention inputs SHA-256 082c0bd5925e · methodology · license CC BY 4.0 (data license).
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- Vugol Attention
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- Vugol Pulse
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