2026 Texas Senate race

Donald Trump won Texas by nearly 14 points in 2024.

A Fox News poll conducted in October found Ken Paxton and James Talarico tied at 49% among likely voters.

Isabella said Republican policies offer a more favorable environment for the energy industry.

Ken Paxton was impeached by the Texas House.

Approximately 4,000 Talarico supporters gathered around the Fiesta Center, about four miles from the Paxton rally.

Polls show Talarico narrowly leading Paxton in the Senate race.

Neil Bush said his vote was motivated by deep concern about Ken Paxton's record and admiration for the character and principles of James Talarico.

Neil Bush is the second member of the Bush family to recently throw his support behind Talarico.

Neil Bush is the son of former President George H.W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush.

JD Vance made a remark implying Talarico is gay at a rally in Tyler, Texas.

JD Vance insinuated that Talarico was a pedophile at a rally in Tyler, Texas.

Elon Musk spent $158 million in the race on behalf of Ken Paxton.

Tano Tijerina is the Republican candidate in Texas's 28th congressional district.

Current polling in the 15th congressional district suggests a Democratic lead of five or six points.

Father Roy Snipes resisted plans during the first Trump administration to seize the La Lomita Catholic Chapel's land to build the border wall.

James Talarico replied to Musk's post on Wednesday, saying "There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator."

Elon Musk has spent around $366 million across 40 races in the midterms, making him the largest individual donor of the cycle, according to CNBC's calculations.

Elon Musk moved his corporate headquarters and personal primary residence to Texas.

James Talarico fired back at Elon Musk for an X post saying there is something deeply wrong with Talarico.

Musk sent $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC, which is backing Paxton.

Musk's money to the Senate Leadership Fund went to Texas PAC, a group backing Ken Paxton.

The Republican-led Texas legislature impeached Ken Paxton on abuse-of-office charges, of which he was later acquitted.

James Talarico is a 37-year-old Democratic state legislator, former teacher, and seminarian running against Ken Paxton.

Ken Paxton is the Attorney General of Texas and the Republican candidate for US Senate.

Republicans are trying to maintain a four-seat majority in the Senate in November.

Elon Musk gave $75 million to the Senate Leadership Fund on September 9.

James Talarico raised $64 million in the third quarter, a record for Senate races.

Katie Zacharia is the White House's new press secretary.

The No Kings movement plans to hold over 3,000 events across all 50 states and Washington DC this weekend.

Paolo Zampolli was ousted from his role as United States special representative for global partnerships on Thursday.

Talarico's last public event was on September 26 and he held a virtual event on September 30.

Late September polling from the New York Times/Siena University and Fox News found the candidates in a tight race.

James Talarico is not a vegan.

Alyssa Farah Griffin argued Talarico's edge in Texas was a referendum on President Donald Trump's administration.

Hostin said a poll showed Talarico leading Paxton among Hispanics, 62 percent to 30 percent.

A Fox News poll gives Talarico a slim 2-point edge over Paxton among likely voters.

Donald Trump also questioned Talarico's whereabouts during the rally.

Trump suggested without evidence that Talarico had become sick after eating meat for political reasons.

Early voting begins October 19 in Texas.

Ken Paxton said that his polling numbers dropped after Trump's Republican National Convention for the midterms.

Nick Maddux told the New York Times that Ken Paxton's reported comment about the convention was manipulated nonsense to create a story that doesn't exist.

Angela Paxton divorced Ken Paxton on biblical grounds, citing adultery.

Texas voters agreed the economy will be difficult to ignore as they prepare to cast their ballots on November 3.

Texas voters will head to the polls on November 3 in an election with major battles for governor, U.S. Senate, and seats in Congress and the state legislature.

Some Texas voters at the State Fair of Texas predicted the state will stay red, while others see an opening for Democrats.

Ken Paxton will face Democratic candidate James Talarico in the general election on 3 November.

Thom Tillis said the GOP would not be spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas if Cornyn had won.

Thom Tillis voted in favor of a Democrat-led war powers resolution that aimed to end the US war with Iran.

Angela Paxton stated that her husband had committed adultery.

This was the first time Angela Paxton publicly addressed the Texas Senate race since filing for divorce.

Angela Paxton urged GOP voters to keep the Senate seat in Republican hands despite her personal frustrations with Ken Paxton.

It is not clear whether any of the students in the photo French posted were international students.

Republican Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows denounced French's post and called on him to delete it.

French doubled down on his posts during a conservative radio broadcast on Monday.

Elon Musk responded to the resurfaced clip with the word 'No.'

James Talarico said the United States was 'backsliding' on democracy in a 2024 interview.

Republicans have highlighted Talarico's past remarks that he thinks of himself as a Christian who 'hates Christianity,' that 'God is nonbinary,' and that there are six biological sexes.

The new PAC will launch an initial eight-figure ad buy on Friday.

Ken Paxton is in a race against Texas State Rep. James Talarico.

Ken Paxton told Fox News' Bret Baier that Talarico had three extra months to raise money and not spend it.

Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender.

James Talarico is the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas.

Senator John Fetterman made a surprise appearance in a video at the Republican convention.

Kimmel said the decision was made out of concern for ABC affiliates in Texas facing FCC threats.

The FCC has threatened to pull the licenses of ABC's eight owned-and-operated local TV stations.

The FCC initiated a formal review of whether The View qualifies for an exemption to the equal-time rules.

Talarico said he opposes trans athletes playing in girls' sports if it risks safety or fairness.

James Talarico is a Democratic Senate candidate running in Texas.

Talarico said Texas should not have a state income tax.

Whoopi Goldberg interjected 'Welcome to being Black' during Cruz's response about law firms not hiring Thomas.

Cruz appeared on The View to discuss his book 'The Incomparable Clarence Thomas.'

Cruz said that after Thomas graduated from Yale Law School, not a single law firm would hire him.

Talarico said in a 2020 interview that a bipartisan criminal justice reform caucus in the Texas House aimed to move from a tough-on-crime approach to a smart-on-crime approach, and that this filters down to schools.

Talarico's campaign said he has passed bills in the legislature to deny bail for violent criminals, crack down on violent felons, and send billions of dollars to support law enforcement.

Talarico will face Republican challenger Ken Paxton in the Nov. 3 general election.

The ads tout Paxton's support for doubling the child tax credit, allowing tax breaks for medical expenses, and a $50,000 deduction for first-time homebuyers.

The two anti-Talarico ads target his policies on taxes and rural hospitals.

Talarico's campaign accused the group of being billionaire-backed dark money lying about James Talarico.

Ken Paxton won the Texas GOP Senate primary against John Cornyn after Trump endorsed Paxton.

MAGA Inc. had more than $400 million in the bank as of July 31.

MAGA Inc. plans to spend $10 million on TV and digital ads in the Texas Senate race.

The Talarico campaign declared that Talarico is a "proud capitalist."

James Talarico is the Senate Democratic nominee.

Talarico addressed the 2020 climate conference by the Austin chapter of the Sierra Club.

The general election between Paxton and Talarico is scheduled for Nov. 3.

Gaines is a former University of Kentucky swimmer.

Paxton sued the NCAA in December 2024.

Talarico and Cuban were scheduled to appear together for a live event and podcast recording in Fort Worth on Saturday.

Mark Cuban founded the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company in 2022.

Greg Lopes, a spokesperson for the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, said PBMs are the only part of the drug supply chain lowering prescription drug costs.

Gov. Greg Abbott said his directive has halted roughly 1,800 data center projects in Texas.

Talarico's campaign spokesperson accused Paxton of taking nearly $500,000 in campaign donations from data center-related PACs.

Ken Paxton is the Republican nominee and James Talarico is the Democratic nominee in the Texas Senate race.

A July Fox News poll found that 70% of registered voters oppose a data center being built in their area.

Trump's approval rating reached a record low of 35% in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Sen. Ted Cruz told Abbott on a radio show in July that Talarico has 'a real chance' to win.

55% of likely voters in the August Texas Pulse poll said Paxton was corrupt.

The Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach Paxton in 2023, making him the first state-level elected Texas official to be impeached since 1917.

The Senate Leadership Fund reported almost $239 million cash on hand in its most recent FEC filing.

Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority.

FEC reports show Paxton had fewer than 4,200 unique individual donors from the start of the year to the end of June, compared with more than 6,200 for Cornyn during the equivalent period of his 2020 reelection campaign.

Cornyn's fundraising total at the end of June 2020 was about $22.4 million, compared with $9.2 million for Paxton.