Republican U.S. Reps. Brandon Gill and Ronny Jackson won new terms Tuesday in the two congressional districts that cover most of Denton County, and Republican Rep. Pat Fallon was reelected in the 4th District, which takes in a smaller slice of the county. The Associated Press called all three races for the incumbents late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Denton County voters are split among those three districts, the 4th, 13th and 26th, according to the county's election results site. All figures below are unofficial until the results are canvassed.
District 26: Gill
Gill, first elected in 2024, defeated Democrat Steven Shook and Libertarian Phil Gray. Across the district, Gill had 54.5% of the vote to 44.2% for Shook and 1.3% for Gray, with about 334,900 votes counted and an estimated 99% of the expected vote in, according to NBC News' results page.
The race was much closer inside Denton County, which casts the large majority of the district's ballots. Denton County Elections' latest posted update, at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday with 172 of 187 precincts reporting in this race, showed:
- Brandon Gill (R): 149,668 (51.2%)
- Steven Shook (D): 139,056 (47.6%)
- Phil Gray (L): 3,694 (1.3%)
Shook works as a nurse practitioner in critical care, and Gray, a business owner and property manager, also ran against Gill in 2024, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported.
District 13: Jackson
Jackson, in Congress since 2021, defeated Democrat Mark Nair, a former Amarillo City Council member. District-wide, Jackson had 65.3% to Nair's 34.7%, with about 242,300 votes counted and roughly 98.9% of the expected vote in, NBC News' page showed. The Record-Chronicle reported the same percentages from the Texas secretary of state's unofficial results.
The district stretches across the Panhandle and the Wichita Falls area and includes most of the city of Denton. In the Denton County part of the district, Nair led, according to the county's count with 41 of 42 precincts reporting:
- Mark Nair (D): 37,067 (62.7%)
- Ronny Jackson (R): 22,085 (37.3%)
In a statement quoted by the Record-Chronicle, Jackson said he was "grateful for the continued trust and support of the people of TX-13" and said his priorities include President Donald Trump's "America First agenda," border security and lowering costs for families.
District 4: Fallon
Fallon defeated Democrat Jason Pearce. NBC News' page showed Fallon with 56.1% district-wide and Pearce with 43.9%, with about 306,200 votes counted and roughly 99% of the expected vote in. The district also covers parts of Collin County and counties to the northeast.
