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Why is Texas Senate trending?

Updated 15/10/2026, 23:04:44 UTC

Texas Senate is drawing attention across 1 news outlets right now. The reports below are the current coverage, newest first.

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Polls show GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton trailing Democratic Rep. James Talarico in the Texas Senate race.

Democrats have not won statewide in Texas since 1994 or a U.S. Senate race there since 1988, but James Talarico is making the state competitive.

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