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Candidates › Texas U.S. Senate race › 2025–2026
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Campaign committee · 2025–2026 · latest available filing · Official FEC bulk data
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Election November 3, 2026 · 52 polls of this matchup
James Talarico leads Ken Paxton by 2.2 points · average gap, 5 latest nonpartisan polls
Each dot is a poll. The line is the median of the 5 latest nonpartisan polls. How polls are read
James Talarico won by 2.3 points. The 9 final polls had a median of James Talarico +2, within a point of the result.
| Poll | James Talarico | Ken Paxton | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGovended Oct 21 | 50% | 45% | James Talarico +5 | +2.7 |
| ActiVoteended Oct 21 | 51% | 49% | James Talarico +2 | −0.3 |
| Verasightended Oct 20 | 47.6% | 45.2% | James Talarico +2.4 | +0.1 |
| Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Researchended Oct 19 · led with the loser | 49% | 49% | Tied | −2.3 |
| Emerson Collegeended Oct 19 | 49.4% | 47.8% | James Talarico +1.5 | −0.8 |
| Slingshot Strategiesended Oct 18 | 51% | 47% | James Talarico +4 | +1.7 |
| University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairsended Oct 14 | 48% | 46% | James Talarico +2 |
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Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated October 28, 2026 · 57 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
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| −0.3 |
| InsiderAdvantageended Oct 14 · led with the loser | 48.1% | 48.5% | Ken Paxton +0.4 | −2.7 |
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| New River Strategies/GS Strategy Groupended Oct 13 | 49% | 44% | James Talarico +5 | +2.7 |
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| Median of the final polls | James Talarico +2 | −0.3 | ||
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| Result | 49.7% | 47.4% | James Talarico +2.3 |
November 3, 2026 · Result (unofficial) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for