Democratic candidate Gina Hinojosa held a rally in Waco on Tuesday, October 29, 2026, as part of her campaign for Texas governor. She spoke against claims by Governor Greg Abbott and made promises about school funding, healthcare, and tax policy.
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Heritage Action commissioned a poll of 1,409 Texas likely voters showing strong support for several election integrity policies, including requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration. The poll also tested support for Paxton and Talarico in the U.S. Senate race.
Heritage Action, commissioned poll; Stefani Buhajla, Heritage Action senior communications director; Ken Paxton, Republican Senate candidate and 1 more
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, appeared on Fox News to discuss early voting in Texas and the U.S. Senate race between GOP nominee Ken Paxton and Democratic nominee James Talarico.
Pat Fallon, Rep., R-Texas; Ken Paxton, GOP nominee for U.S. Senate; James Talarico, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate
President Donald Trump held a rally Tuesday at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, drawing thousands of Republicans. Democrat James Talarico held a separate rally at Fiesta Center with supporters assembling across several city blocks. Both candidates campaigned across West Texas the same day.
Donald Trump, President; James Talarico, Democrat U.S. Senate candidate; Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate candidate and 2 more
National Republican and Democratic leaders disagreed over what frequent Trump and JD Vance campaign visits to Texas signal about the state's political landscape and candidate competitiveness.
$over $350 million for campaign spending to defend Republican seats
Joe Gruters, RNC Chairman; Kendall Scudder, Texas Democratic Party Chair; Donald Trump, President campaigning in Texas and 2 more
President Trump rallied in Corpus Christi and suggested that Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's earlier campaign absence of 12 to 14 days was due to either mental illness or food poisoning from meat. Talarico's campaign had said he had the flu. Trump also campaigned that evening in Lubbock, where Talarico held an overlapping rally in the competitive race for Texas Senate.
Donald Trump, President rallying for Republican Senate candidate; James Talarico, Democratic Texas Senate candidate; Ken Paxton, Republican Texas Senate candidate
Early voting in Texas ahead of November 3 midterm elections reached nearly 4.5 million ballots in the first seven days, representing 23.4% of registered voters, but voters encountered long waits, isolated touchscreen machine complaints, and registration processing issues.
Michele Carew, Bexar County Elections Administrator
President Donald Trump visited Corpus Christi and Lubbock on Tuesday to campaign for Republican Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate race against Democrat James Talarico, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio appearing to highlight an arrangement to process Venezuelan crude oil in Texas refineries. Talarico held concurrent campaign events in Midland, Amarillo and Lubbock.
$at least $158 million for campaign spending to defeat Talarico
Donald Trump, President campaigning for Paxton; Ken Paxton, Republican U.S. Senate candidate; James Talarico, Democrat U.S. Senate candidate and 2 more