Paxton Trails Talarico by 6 Points Despite $200 Million Republican Push
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 7
Paxton Trails Talarico by 6 Points Despite $200 Million Republican Push
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 7
Summary
A New York Times/Siena poll put Democrat James Talarico 6 points ahead of Ken Paxton less than a month before the midterms, leaving Republicans defending a Texas Senate seat they rarely expect to lose.
More than $200 million in expected GOP outside spending has not yet reversed Talarico’s momentum, even as Paxton and allied groups flood the airwaves in the campaign’s final stretch.
Paxton’s scandals and weak backing from two key figures — President Donald Trump and his estranged wife Angela Paxton — have compounded party worries in a difficult national climate for Republican candidates.
Texas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988, raising the stakes for what has become one of the GOP’s biggest 2026 Senate gambles.