{"id":355560,"date":"2026-06-30T10:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355560\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:08:08","slug":"new-york-times-siena-poll-of-texas-voters-siena-research-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355560\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times\/Siena Poll of Texas Voters \u2013 Siena Research Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TX0626-777x437.jpg\" class=\"attachment-content-single size-content-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>Left: Gage Skidmore; Right: Antonioaesparza<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\nPosted By: <a class=\"fn\" href=\"https:\/\/sri.siena.edu\/author\/siena-research-institute\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siena Research Institute<\/a><br \/>\nJune 30, 2026\n<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t get Any Closer: Talarico 47%, Paxton 47%<\/p>\n<p>Texans Prefer Republicans not Democrats Control Senate, 50-44%<\/p>\n<p>Majorities Say Talarico Has Good Character, 56-31% &amp; Right Kind of Moral Values, 51-35%; Majorities Question Paxton on Those Two Traits<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-glossy fasc-ico-before dashicons-chart-bar\" style=\"background-color: #006b54; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/06\/30\/polls\/times-siena-texas-poll-toplines.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toplines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-glossy fasc-ico-before dashicons-chart-bar\" style=\"background-color: #006b54; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/06\/30\/polls\/times-siena-texas-poll-crosstabs.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crosstabs<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTexas may be in play this cycle, as our polling shows Republican Ken Paxton locked in a tie with Democrat James Talarico in new Times\/Siena polling,\u201d said Don Levy, Siena Research Institute\u2019s Executive Director. \u201cHow will voters ultimately decide this crucial race? A majority prefers Republicans retain control of the senate \u2013 score one for Paxton \u2013 but on character and the right kind of moral values, voters give Talarico the nod.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact Information:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Siena Research Institute Director, Dr. Don Levy is available starting at 8:30 AM ET Tuesday, June 30th, to discuss the findings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Levy can be reached at (518)-284-3551\u00a0or don.levy@reconmr.com to arrange for interviews in person or via phone.<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Left: Gage Skidmore; Right: Antonioaesparza Posted By: Siena Research Institute June 30, 2026 Can\u2019t get Any Closer:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-355560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}