Polls · Texas Senate
YouGov , 26 October 2026
YouGov has James Talarico ahead of Ken Paxton by 8 points in Texas Senate, 51% to 43%. Since its previous poll (16 October 2026): Ken Paxton −6 (49 → 43).
| Race | Texas Senate |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 21 October 2026 – 26 October 2026 |
| Stage | General election |
| Sample | 1,000 (registered voters) |
| Pollster's lean | Mostly works for Democrats |
| Method | online opt-in panel; sample matched to a frame drawn from the 2019 American Community Survey |
| Release | release |
| In our average | Yes |
Main
 James Talarico D |
51 | |
 Ken Paxton R |
43 | |
| Undecided | 5 | |
| Other | 2 |
Margin on the decided vote: D+8.3; after our adjustments D+5.9, which includes a move of 1.6 points to the Democrats with the national trend since the poll (↻).
Against the other polls
Against the median of the 17 other polls of this race taken within a week of it: Ken Paxton 43% against 45.2%; James Talarico 51% against 49%.
Photo credits
- James Talarico: Photo: Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Talarico_Press_Conference_(cropped).jpg)
- Ken Paxton: Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:K_Paxton.jpg)