Early voting in De-Witt County for the 2026 Primaries on March 3 drew 844 Republicans and 297 Democrats to vote either in person or by mail Feb. 17-27, according to the Secretary of State’s Election Office.
The 1,141-voter total represented 9.93% of the county’s 11,480 registered voters. Statewide, 2,163,904 or 11.60% of the Texas’ 18,657,918 registered voters cast ballots.
In DeWitt County, 1,055 voted in person and 86 voted by mail. Statewide, 2,108,392 voted in person and 55,512 voted by mail.
In DeWitt County, Republicans represented 7.35% of registered voters and Democrats amounted to 2.59%. Statewide, Republicans with 1,021,516 voters represented 5.47% of registered voters and Democrats with 1,142,388 voters amounted to 6.12%.
Democratic Party officials said early voter turnout for their candidates is double what it has been in the previous two election cycles in 2022 and 2024, according to the Texas Tribune.
Likewise, the Texas Tribune also noted higher Republican turnout compared to previous midterm elections, despite being behind Democrats by a small margin.
The stronger voter turnout is being attributed to high profile campaigns in both Republican and Democratic U.S. Senate races spending millions of dollars in Texas.
