 In the 2008 U.S. presidential election it cast a higher majority of 8,554 votes for Barack Obama

The county is located in Texas Senate, District 19 so is represented by Republican Pete Flores in the Texas Senate.As part of the 74th district of the Texas House of Representatives it is represented by Democrat Poncho Nevarez.In the United States House of Representatives it is part of Texas's 23rd congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+1 and is represented by Republican Will Hurd.