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applegrove

(133,234 posts)
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:01 PM Yesterday

James Talarico Opens Up Lead Over Ken Paxton

James Talarico Opens Up Lead Over Ken Paxton

May 27, 2026 at 7:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 45 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/27/james-talarico-opens-up-lead-over-ken-paxton/


A new Public Policy Polling survey in Texas finds James Talarico (D) leading Ken Paxton (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 45% to 38%.
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James Talarico Opens Up Lead Over Ken Paxton (Original Post) applegrove Yesterday OP
Keep hammering away at Paxton being the corrupt son of a bitch he is fujiyamasan Yesterday #1
Good JBTaurus83 Yesterday #2
SIMPLE--Team R v. Team D kwolf68 23 hrs ago #7
Thank fuck. I needed some good news today! Coventina Yesterday #3
If Texas can't find its morality in this race bucolic_frolic Yesterday #4
He received $600,000 in donations just yesterday Akakoji 23 hrs ago #5
now that the primaries are over moonshinegnomie 23 hrs ago #6
Excellent idea! KS Toronado 22 hrs ago #15
Doesn't seem to be a left leaning poll progressoid 23 hrs ago #8
7 points?!? Holy moly, for a Dem in texas that's a huge lead for now! mwmisses4289 23 hrs ago #9
Well that is great TNNurse 23 hrs ago #10
Good news from the poll, and it's clear to us that Paxton is an awful candidate, but he'll have the Republican money and Fil1957 22 hrs ago #11
When Talarico wins, it will be by a very LARGE margin. KS Toronado 22 hrs ago #16
If the number of registrations in Texas is any indication of anything... littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #12
Texas Demographics Indykatie 20 hrs ago #23
Donate to James with our DU ActBlue link Omaha Steve 22 hrs ago #13
Donated! Thanks for the link Steve, I often feel guilty because I just go to ActBlue instead of the DU link. Thanks! NBachers 21 hrs ago #19
Does Paxxton still control access to the votes/vote count? In the past he proudly fierywoman 22 hrs ago #14
Please don't tease me..... surfered 22 hrs ago #17
Opens up lead? That's a mile not a lead. 7 points Figarosmom 21 hrs ago #18
Just don't take it for granted. calimary 21 hrs ago #22
This is a good sign MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #20
Talarico should keep the race in TX. Don't let the Dem machine use it to elevate our platform Cheezoholic 21 hrs ago #21
K&R Nixie 16 hrs ago #24

kwolf68

(8,455 posts)
7. SIMPLE--Team R v. Team D
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:04 PM
23 hrs ago

Paxton may be a corrupt scum bag, but don't forget Democrats are communists who want to force kids to have sex changes and are often found in the pediatric ward cutting the heads off babies. Oh yea, those evil Democrats also don't like pollution.

In short, there are some Republicans who WILL NEVER vote Democratic. They simply believe Democrats are evil incarnate because well that's just what they believe. The vile and corrupt disgust of the Republicans is just a case of "don't believe my lying eyes" for these people.

Akakoji

(570 posts)
5. He received $600,000 in donations just yesterday
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:57 PM
23 hrs ago

Talarico could win, but we need to get out there with him and talk directly with Texas voters.

moonshinegnomie

(4,082 posts)
6. now that the primaries are over
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:59 PM
23 hrs ago

im placing an order to have a bunch of signs made that say republicans support pedophiles.

I plan to place then in front of paxton signs i see along the road.

it shouldnt cost more than a couple hundred bucks for 50 or so signs.




KS Toronado

(23,915 posts)
15. Excellent idea!
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:24 PM
22 hrs ago

As a party we need to attack all republicOns in the same sentence, go after their party as being for the
super wealthy and big business and never for the poor or middle class.

progressoid

(53,405 posts)
8. Doesn't seem to be a left leaning poll
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:21 PM
23 hrs ago
https://static.politico.com/c0/7c/2c2db3c14c74946fa393d9e485cc/texas-gen-results-ppp-5-26-1.pdf

Q14
In the 2024 election for President, did you vote for Republican Donald Trump, Democrat Kamala Harris, someone else, or did you not vote in the election?
56% Donald Trump
42% Kamala Harris
2% Didn't vote/ Someone else



TNNurse

(7,551 posts)
10. Well that is great
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:38 PM
23 hrs ago

But the GOP in Texas with help from the White House will surely attempt fraud and cheat anyway they can.

Fil1957

(901 posts)
11. Good news from the poll, and it's clear to us that Paxton is an awful candidate, but he'll have the Republican money and
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:39 PM
22 hrs ago

media machine behind him.

I'm sure most of us remember the '22 senate election in Georgia between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. Warnock ran a good campaign, was terrific in his public appearances, while Walker was often saying stupid, damaging things to the point of being incoherent.

In a normal world, Warnock would have won that race by a huge margin. In fact, he won by less than 3 percentage points. No matter how many campaign blunders Paxton makes; no matter how many stupid things he says, if Talarico wins, it will be by a very small margin.

littlemissmartypants

(34,590 posts)
12. If the number of registrations in Texas is any indication of anything...
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:58 PM
22 hrs ago

March 2026: 18,657,918 registered voters

April 2026
Democrats: 8,182,838 voters (46.55%)
Republicans: 6,617,030 voters (37.64%)
Independent/Other: 2,778,772 voters (15.81%)

Indykatie

(3,873 posts)
23. Texas Demographics
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:00 PM
20 hrs ago

With 46.5% Democrats in the State there is no effing reason that TX is ruby red and Repubs hold all the power in the State. There must be a huge voter suppression effort making it really hard to vote. Talarico can pull this off if Dems get their a&&es to the polls.

NBachers

(19,598 posts)
19. Donated! Thanks for the link Steve, I often feel guilty because I just go to ActBlue instead of the DU link. Thanks!
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:45 PM
21 hrs ago

fierywoman

(8,638 posts)
14. Does Paxxton still control access to the votes/vote count? In the past he proudly
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:15 PM
22 hrs ago

bragged about stealing 250,000(if I remember correctly) votes. What's to keep him from doing it again since his ass is on the line?

calimary

(90,971 posts)
22. Just don't take it for granted.
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:58 PM
21 hrs ago

I remember some advisory awhile back, about running like you’re 10 points (or some other number) behind. That’s probably a smart reminder to keep handy. Write it down somewhere if you think you might forget it. It actually IS a good motivator!

Cheezoholic

(3,960 posts)
21. Talarico should keep the race in TX. Don't let the Dem machine use it to elevate our platform
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:54 PM
21 hrs ago

Texas is a lot like Indiana. Its not as red as one may think BUT the citizens DO NOT like outsiders meddling in their business and/or telling them what to do. I saw Mark McKinnon on Ari and he made a statement that Beto's biggest mistake was his campaign took on a national tone. Keep it local. I think that's the proper strategy for all Democrats and/or Independents in this midterm. The repukes are forced to take it national because of FatAss. This is a great opportunity for Dems to get back into the local political game everywhere. No platforms based on the DNC platform. Base it on yourself and your local politics. Most of these races are small donors anyway so speak to your constituents and not what Democrats can do. We all know what the national party is for, no reason to pound it into people's ears, IMHO.

Nixie

(18,116 posts)
24. K&R
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:57 AM
16 hrs ago

Talarico’s messaging choices are brilliant right off the bat —

-the People vs Paxton.
-I’ve been eating Texas BBQ since before Paxton’s first indictment.

Just keep ridiculing and still focus on his own messaging.

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