{"id":177309,"date":"2026-03-04T04:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177309\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:20:15","slug":"eyes-on-texas-state-primaries-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177309\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes on Texas State Primaries \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F03%2F03%2Fnational-eyes-on-texas-state-primaries%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=National%3A+Eyes+on+Texas+State+Primaries https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/03\/03\/national-eyes-on-texas-state-primaries\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Voters in Texas\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/44445864.2866306\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvdGV4YXMtcHJpbWFyeS1zZW5hdGUtY29ybnluLXBheHRvbi1odW50LWNyb2NrZXR0LXRhbGFyaWNvLTEyMWMxNTkxYmI4NDA2ZDNlZGZkYjYzYTJjMGMzYWI4P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB29be37da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cast ballots today<\/a>\u00a0in a pair of hotly contested primary races, choosing their candidates to face off for a US Senate seat in November. They are the most expensive such races in US history, with more than $110M spent in total.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Republicans, incumbent John Cornyn is seeking his fifth term in the seat and has been locked in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/44445864.2866306\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGV4YXN0cmlidW5lLm9yZy8yMDI2LzAyLzI4L2pvaG4tY29ybnluLWtlbi1wYXh0b24td2VzbGV5LWh1bnQtdGV4YXMtc2VuYXRlLXByaW1hcnktcmVwdWJsaWNhbi8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1qb2luMTQ0MCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9wbGFjZW1lbnQ9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1c2VyX2lkPTY2YzRjNzNhNWQ3ODY0NGIzYWJiYTk5Yw\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB76b12cea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">combative three-way race<\/a>\u00a0with Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-38). Paxton, who survived a 2023 impeachment on bribery and corruption charges, enters the day with a four-point lead over Cornyn (40% to 36%). On the Democratic side, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) faces state Rep. James Talarico, with each trying to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/44445864.2866306\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucG9saXRpY28uY29tL25ld3MvMjAyNi8wMy8wMi90ZXhhcy1wcmltYXJ5LWNyb2NrZXR0LXRhbGFyaWNvLXNlbmF0ZS1yYWNlLTAwODA1MTk0P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB059d5679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">build a multiracial coalition<\/a>\u00a0in a state where Democrats haven\u2019t defended a statewide office since 1994. See polling for each race\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/44445864.2866306\/aHR0cHM6Ly9lbWVyc29uY29sbGVnZXBvbGxpbmcuY29tL3RleGFzLTIwMjYtcHJpbWFyeS1wb2xsLXRhbGFyaWNvLXBheHRvbi13aXRoLW5hcnJvdy1lZGdlcy1pbi1zZW5hdGUtcHJpbWFyaWVzLz91dG1fc291cmNlPWpvaW4xNDQwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3BsYWNlbWVudD1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnVzZXJfaWQ9NjZjNGM3M2E1ZDc4NjQ0YjNhYmJhOTlj\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cBfad0ac1b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F03%2F03%2Fnational-eyes-on-texas-state-primaries%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=National%3A+Eyes+on+Texas+State+Primaries https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/03\/03\/national-eyes-on-texas-state-primaries\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Voters in Texas\u00a0cast ballots today\u00a0in a pair of hotly contested primary races, choosing their candidates to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-177309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}