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Poll Shows Democrat Talarico Leads Paxton by Five Points

8/3/2026

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A Slingshot Strategies poll shows Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico leads Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton by five points.
U.S. President Donald Trump described James Talarico as a transgender man who wears a mask all the time.
James Talarico told MS Now that nicknames like “soy boys” do not lower grocery, prescription-drug or gas prices.

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A Slingshot Strategies poll shows Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico leads Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton by five points.
U.S. President Donald Trump described James Talarico as a transgender man who wears a mask all the time.
James Talarico told MS Now that nicknames like “soy boys” do not lower grocery, prescription-drug or gas prices.