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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and State Rep. James Talarico are running against each other for U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and state Rep. James Talarico are neck and neck in their Nov. 3 general election fight for the U.S. Senate, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n
The June poll from the Texas Politics Project<\/a> at The University of Texas at Austin has Paxton, a Republican, winning 43% of votes and Talarico, a Democrat, winning 42% of votes. That\u2019s essentially a tie: The survey of 1,200 self-reported registered voters was done between June 5-12 and has a margin of error of +\/- 2.8 percentage points, meaning results can vary by that much in either direction..<\/p>\n Three percent of those polled said they planned to vote for Libertarian Ted Brown. Another 3% said they preferred \u201csomeone else,\u201d and 10% said they hadn\u2019t thought enough about their preferred candidate to have an opinion.<\/p>\n The results come in the weeks after Paxton \u2014 with President Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement in tow<\/a> \u2014 soundly defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn<\/a> in a May 26 Republican primary runoff.<\/p>\n Eighty-four percent of Republicans surveyed said they\u2019d support Paxton. Eighty-eight percent of Democrats said they\u2019d back Talarico.<\/p>\n Forty percent of independents said they favored Talarico, compared to 12% who support Paxton. Thirty-four percent of independents said they didn\u2019t have an opinion.<\/p>\n Other recent polls have also shown a tight race<\/a> between Paxton and Talarico, as Republicans in Washington work to hold on to their majority in Congress.<\/p>\n Margins are wider in other statewide races, the Texas Politics Project poll found.<\/p>\n Republican incumbent Greg Abbott led Democrat Gina Hinojosa by 7 points in the race for Texas governor. Republican incumbent Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also has a 7-point lead over Democrat Vikki Goodwin. Both challengers are Austin state representatives.<\/p>\n In the race for Texas attorney general, Republican state Sen. Mayes Middleton leads Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson by five points.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n Eleanor Dearman<\/a><\/p>\n Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n Eleanor (Elly) Dearman is a Texas politics and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She\u2019s based in Austin, covering the Legislature and its impact on North Texas. She grew up in Denton and has been a reporter for more than six years.
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