Dems May Be Poised for Statewide Sweep
with Double-Digit Leads in All Eight Races
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November 3, 2026
Texas Democrats seized the lead in all of eight statewide races based on early returns on Tuesday night as James Talarico appeared poised to win a U.S. Senate in a blowout against Republican Ken Paxton while Gina Hinojosa was up on Governor Greg Abbott by a slightly smaller but significant margin.
The New York Times reported that Talarico had scored 60 percent of the midterm vote with nearly 25 percent of the returns from across the state reporting a half hour after the polls closed in Texas tonight. Paxton had received 38 percent at that point according to the NYT analsys of the early returns.
Hinojosa was ahead of the third-term incumbent governor by 17 points with almost one-fourth of the ballots cast in Texas counted. The New York Times showed Hinojosa with almost 58 percent compared to Abbott at 41 percent.
The data analysis app Theoelections showed Talarico in front of Paxton 60 percent to 39 percent with 26 percent of the returns tallied. Hinojosa was ahead of Abbott 57 percent to 41 percent 30 minutes after the curtain fell on the voting here on election day.
The U.S. Senate and governor's races in Texas showed signs of narrowing with the count on election day. But Democrats held double-digit leads in all of the statewide contests on the Texas ballot based on an explosive showing in the early vote.
Democrat Vikki Goodwin led Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick by 15 points with 56 percent support with 27 percent of tha ballots counted based on the Theoelections resuts. Democrat Jon Rosenthal was up 15 points on the GOP"s Bo French in a fight for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission. Democrat Nathan Johnson was up on Republican Mayes Middleton by 14 points in the race for state attorney general according to the Theo analysis.
Democrats Sarah Eckhardt, Ben Flores and Clayton Tucker held double-digit leads as well in fights with Comptroller Don Huffines, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and GOP nominee Nate Sheets in fight for agriculture commissioner.
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