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A high-stakes U.S. Senate Race in Texas is expected to be a bitter contest

NPR | By Blaise Gainey,

Scott Detrow

Published May 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM CDT

A U.S. Senate race in Texas is now set with the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton winning the GOP nomination in a primary runoff Tuesday. He'll face Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.

Blaise Gainey

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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