TribCast: Should we believe the polls about Paxton and Talarico?

By Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune
August 18, 2026

In this week’s episode of The Texas Tribune’s podcast, host Matthew Watkins speaks with James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin about the polls showing a tight race for U.S. Senate. Are they reliable? Could James Talarico really be leading Ken Paxton?

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This article first appeared on The Texas Tribune.