'Fake' moderate Talarico's Texas surge tests Paxton in fight to hold crucial GOP Senate seat

Ken Paxton says he's confident Texans will reject James Talarico once they learn about his record on border security, energy and social issues.

Video captures Talarico supporter disrupting Paxton stop in Texas  usatoday.com

Texas independents, key to Talarico's chances of flipping Texas, backed President Trump by a single point in 2024.

Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico continues to hold a razor-thin lead over his Republican rival in the Texas Senate race, according to a poll released Tuesday.  Talarico received 47% of support compared to GOP candidate Ken Paxton’s 45%, according to the survey from Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan P

Democrat James Talarico holds a narrow lead over Republican rival Ken Paxton in the US Senate race in Texas, according to a new poll, bolstering his party’s quest to pick off a pivotal seat amid voter dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in the Lone Star State, is trailing Democrat James Talarico by two points in new polling of the closely watched race.  A survey from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University found Talarico leading with 4

In the survey released Tuesday, just 7% of Black Texans who voted in recent elections said they are less likely to vote in November due to Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Democratic primary loss.

Democrats haven't won statewide in Texas in some three decades and have long dreamed of flipping the state's Senate seat blue. They came close in 2018 when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) squeaked out a win over Beto O'Rourke by about 2.5 percentage points.