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Read the current us senate state first, then inspect ratings, polling, markets, fundraising, and history for Texas in one evidence flow.
Evidence & provenance
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Akashic Edge race ratings, polling ingests, Polymarket odds, fundraising files, and U.S. Census context.
Freshness
Rendered Apr 14, 2026 from the latest stored polling, market, and race-rating snapshots.
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2026 statewide race page for the current state and office only.
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Manual race ratings, stored live-market snapshots, polling context, and deterministic demographic history.
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Democrats got the matchup they wanted. Talarico defeated Crockett 52-47 in the March 4 primary, and the Republican side is headed to a May 26 runoff between Cornyn (43%) and Paxton (41%) — a fight that has already cost $122M in ad spending and will drain GOP resources through late spring. Talarico is a 36-year-old former middle school teacher running a populist, faith-based campaign without the baggage of a DC record. Trump won Texas by 14 in 2024, but a Cornyn-Paxton runoff guarantees months of intra-party warfare, and the 2026 national environment heavily favors Democrats. Texas still requires everything to break right, but this is now a real race. Tilt R.
Updated 2026-03-04
Will Beto O'Rourke be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas?
Data from Polymarket prediction markets