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In a largely African-American section of Houston called Kashmere Gardens, Barry Williams, 66, a retired pastor, went to a voting site early on Super Tuesday, about an hour after the polls opened. Houston’s mayor, Sylvester Turner, had endorsed Mr. Bloomberg, but Mr. Williams was supporting Mr. Biden, explaining that his work in the Obama administration was the key factor.

“I believe he’s a proven person,” Mr. Williams said. “He has the actual hands-on approach. With his past record, he has shown that he is a person that can handle this position.”

Mr. Biden’s campaign had just four field offices in Texas, in Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. Though the campaign’s overall staff on the ground was relatively small, its effort was augmented by a large coterie of local elected officials who endorsed Mr. Biden, like Representatives Marc Veasey, Colin Allred and Sylvia Garcia, who organized their own get-out-the-vote efforts for Mr. Biden, particularly during early voting.

Mr. Biden’s campaign received its most significant endorsements on Monday in Dallas, when three of his former rivals — Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., and former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas — all announced their backing of the former vice president. Late Tuesday night, when results were still trickling in but looked promising for Mr. Biden, he attributed his success in the state to Mr. O’Rourke.

“We won Minnesota because of Amy Klobuchar. And we’re doing well in Texas because of Beto O’Rourke,” Mr. Biden told a buzzing crowd at his campaign’s election-night rally in Los Angeles.