In a new poll from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research Center at Texas Southern University (TSU), state Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) held a narrow 2 percent lead over Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the race for U.S. Senate, while Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican statewide candidates continued to lead by single-digit margins.
Conducted between July 27 and July 30, the survey of 1,200 likely voters found 47 percent plan to vote for Talarico and 45 percent for Paxton. Another 2 percent preferred Libertarian candidate Ted Brown, and 6 percent were undecided.
