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A UT Austin Texas Politics Project poll shows Republican Ken Paxton leading Democrat James Talarico 43% to 42% in the U.S. Senate race, a near-tie with a 3.5-point margin of error, as Paxton narrows an April lead; independents favor Talarico while Paxton leads among Republicans and men, with the broader Texas ballot showing Republicans ahead in other statewide races.
Dallas U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett leads Austin state Rep. James Talarico by 12 points (56% to 44%) in the Texas Senate Democratic primary, per a University of Texas Texas Politics Project poll of 369 voters conducted Feb. 2–16 with a ±5.1-point margin; Crockett dominates among Black voters, seniors and voters without a college degree, while Talarico has a white-voter edge, and a January UT/Hobby School poll had Crockett ahead by 8 points. On the Republican side, Paxton and Cornyn were neck‑and‑neck, with other GOP races showing potential runoffs.