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With 89% of Texas’ 17th District reporting, Sessions had about 54% of the vote compared to Shepard’s 46%. In McLennan County, which makes up the district alongside Temple, the Austin suburb of Round Rock and a sizable portion of rural land to the east and north, Sessions won 59% of the vote.

Texas voters face new voting districts as Texas congress approves new congressional voting maps for the 2026 election cycle.