United States › South › Texas › Harris County
Harris County Shatters Early Voting Record On Day 1 With At Least 104,000 Ballots Cast
Permanent address · /tx/harris-county/2026/10/19/harris-county-shatters-early-voting-record-on-day-1-with-at-least-104-000-396436
Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
8
First seen
Oct 19, 7:09 PM CDT
updated Oct 29, 9:04 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by KPRC 2 (NBC), KHOU and 6 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Harris County broke its midterm first-day early voter turnout record, KUHT reported. Early voting turnout in the county is surging and outpacing previous midterm elections, with another push to the polls planned for Sunday, according to KHOU and the Houston Defender Network.
Written by our system from the sources below (8), version 18, Oct 28, 11:21 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Early voting surges in Harris County ahead of midterms · Houston Defender Network
- Harris County rompe récord de votación anticipada en la primera semana de 2026 · La Prensa de Houston
- Harris County’s early vote looks different this year. Here’s who’s showing up—and why · KPRC 2 (NBC)
- Map: Harris County early voting locations 2026: Where to vote near me, hours, wait times · KRIV
- Harris County broke early-voting records in 2018, too. Democrats still lost. · KTRK-TV
- Harris County early voting turnout outpacing previous midterm elections, with another push to the polls planned for Sunday · KHOU
- Harris County crushes midterm first-day early voter turnout record · KUHT
- If you voted in Harris County on Monday, you're part of a new record · WFAA
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
This map needs WebGL, which this browser does not offer. What it shows is on this page as text.
Harris County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.