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Live Election Night Results: Texas Senate Race 2026 | Ken Paxton vs. James Talarico
Results are preliminary as Democrats need a net gain of four seats to flip Senate control, according to election analysts.
- On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Democrat James Talarico held an early lead over Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the race for Texas' open U.S. Senate seat as the first results began coming in.
- The most expensive non-presidential race in U.S. history, with $573.2 million in ad spending, could determine control of the Senate through the end of President Donald Trump's second term.
- More than 7.7 million Texans voted early, a 40.5% turnout rate reflecting efforts to break a three-decade streak of Democratic losses in statewide Texas elections.
- National GOP groups poured north of $281 million into an advertising blitz supporting Paxton, whom President Trump endorsed earlier this year to replace retiring Sen. John Cornyn.
- With most Election Day ballots still uncounted, the race remains too close to call as Democrats need to gain four seats nationwide to shift control of the upper chamber from Republicans.
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The Senate election in Texas, which has received enormous attention during the election campaign, has been decided, according to a research institute.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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In Texas, a republican bastion for more than thirty years, James Talarico made the fight against corruption and the grip of money on politics the heart of his offensive. The first results of the Senate election put the Democrat in the lead against Republican Ken Paxton. The recount continued.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Texas Senate race: Republicans’ grip on seat is on the line in close race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico
A showdown in Texas between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, one of the marquee U.S. Senate races of the midterms, had Democrats pushing to break a 30-year losing streak in the state on Tuesday.
·Chicago, United States
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right5Center13Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Center
Bias Distribution
- 59% of the sources are Center
59% Center
L 18%
C 59%
R 23%
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