page_title: 2016 United States presidential election in Texas
section_title: Republican primary
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 United States presidential election in Texas / Republican primary
context_page_description: The 2016 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 8, 2016 as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in the U. S. state of Texas.
  Texas was won by Republican Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence by a 9% margin over Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. The Lone Star State assigned its 38 Electoral College votes to the state's popular vote winner, but two faithless electors chose other candidates, making Texas the only state in 2016 to give Trump fewer than the assigned electoral votes.
  When the electoral college met on December 19, 2016, only 36 out of the 38 electors voted for Trump for president. Two electors defected, Christopher Suprun to Ohio Governor John Kasich, and the other to Congressman Ron Paul. For Vice President, 37 electors voted for Pence, Suprun again defecting, to Carly Fiorina. This would also be the first time since Gerald Ford lost a Washington state electoral vote to fellow Republican Ronald Reagan in 1976, when a Republican presidential candidate would lose a pledged vote via a faithless elector.
caption: Texas results by county   Ted Cruz   Donald Trump