{"id":392785,"date":"2026-07-31T00:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392785\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:31:09","slug":"fox-news-poll-shows-james-talarico-leading-paxton-in-us-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392785\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News poll shows James Talarico leading Paxton in US Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll from Fox News shows state Rep. James Talarico with an edge over Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/politics\/state\/article\/talarico-paxton-fundraising-22349293.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">in the race for<\/a> Texas\u2019 U.S. Senate seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-poll-gop-divisions-shape-texas-senate-race\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">poll showed<\/a> the Democrat leading Paxton by three points, 51-48, and holding strong leads among key constituencies, including independent voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/texas-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">not the first<\/a> poll to show a close race, and a New York Times poll in June showed the high-profile contest was tied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Talarico faces an uphill climb in his quest to win the first statewide seat for Democrats in decades, the Fox News poll shows him winning 68% of independents and about a quarter of non-MAGA Republicans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/politics\/state\/article\/james-talarico-black-voters-22357771.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">recent concerns<\/a> about his performance with Black voters, about 87% of those surveyed said they would support Talarico in November. Talarico also did well with Hispanic voters, a key demographic Republicans have targeted after many in South Texas voted in 2024 for President Donald Trump. Talarico received support from about 60% of Hispanic voters who were polled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Talarico also polled well with voters under 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paxton edged out Talarico among white evangelical Christians, white men without a college degree and rural voters.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u2019s team says they aren\u2019t concerned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only poll that matters is November 3rd,\u201d said Nick Maddux, a senior advisor to Paxton, in a statement. \u201cTalarico\u2019s campaign will end up exactly where every Democrat before him has ended up in Texas: a pipe dream.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The poll also showed Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate for governor, lagging behind Gov. Greg Abbott by one point. It found that among potential crossover voters, roughly 12% of those who said they would back Talarico also said they would choose Abbott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest research from Fox News surveyed more than 1,000 registered Texas voters from July 23-27. The news site worked with Beacon Research, a Democratic polling firm, and Shaw &amp; Company Research, a Republican firm, to conduct the survey. Its margin of error is estimated to be three points.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new poll from Fox News shows state Rep. 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