Decision Desk HQ · DDHQ call and unofficial returns: Nov. 6, 2026, 10:33 a.m. CST (11:33 a.m. EST displayed); more than 95% reported. Red: Republican win; hold, no flip. Actual Census 120th district land clipped to Texas shoreline; pale Texas: context.
Republican Rep. Michael Cloud defeated Democrat Tanya Lloyd in Texas's 27th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The result keeps the seat in Republican hands.
Cloud had 144,474 votes (50.69%) to Lloyd's 140,549 (49.31%), a margin of 3,925 votes, with more than 95% of the expected vote reported. The reported total was 285,023 votes; the count remains unofficial.
