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Senate · Texas Senate

Talarico vs Cornyn

General election · primary Mar 3 · general Nov 3, 2026

Dem James Talarico (D)
Challenger
Raised $68.56M
VS
Rep John Cornyn (R)
Incumbent
Raised $14.26M

The money

FEC, through the most recent reports
Raised, whole field
$112.96M
10 candidates
Outside spending
$54.77M
first arrived Jan 15
Against Democrats
$43.80M
of that total
For Democrats
$10.97M
of that total

Polling

10 polls of the current matchup
Average of the last three non-partisan polls
Talarico 42.7 Cornyn 39.7 D+3.0
PollsterDatesSample Talarico CornynMargin
Texas Southern University May 6 1,223 LV 44.0 45.0 R+1
University of Texas /Texas Politics Project Apr 20 1,200 RV 40.0 33.0 D+7
Texas Public Opinion Research Apr 20 1,018 LV 44.0 41.0 D+3
Impact Research (D)Partisan Mar 17 900 LV 43.0 41.0 D+2
Public Policy Polling (D)Partisan Mar 5 576 V 44.0 43.0 D+1
University of Houston / YouGov Jan 31 1,502 LV 43.0 44.0 R+1
Emerson College Jan 12 1,165 RV 44.0 47.0 R+3
Ragnar Research Partners (R)Partisan Nov 17 1,000 LV 40.0 46.0 R+6
University of Houston / Texas Southern University Oct 1 1,650 RV 45.0 48.0 R+3
UT Tyler Sep 24 1,032 RV 35.0 41.0 R+6
Partisan polls are sponsored by a campaign, party or aligned group and are marked. They are shown because they are part of the record, not because they carry the same weight.

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