The Justice Department is deploying more than 1,000 election monitors to polling places across all 50 states ahead of the 2026 midterm election. The Republican National Committee, Democrats, and outside groups are also deploying observers. In the Texas Senate race, Democratic candidate James Talarico accused Republican Ken Paxton of serving billionaire megadonors including Elon Musk.
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Democrat James Talarico and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton are campaigning in the Texas U.S. Senate race. A Democratic victory would be the first for the party in a Texas Senate seat since 1988.
James Talarico, Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate; Ken Paxton, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Attorney General
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Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico campaigned across Texas on Saturday in the final days of the U.S. Senate race. Early voting ended October 30 with 6.76 million ballots cast. The race will be decided on November 3.
more than $300 million for super PAC and billionaire donor spending to oppose Talarico
Ken Paxton, Republican candidate, state attorney general; James Talarico, Democrat candidate; Texas Southern University's Barbara Jordan Center, Conducted poll and 1 more
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Early voting in Texas through November 1, 2026 shows a sharp increase in Hispanic voter participation. Nearly 1.8 million Hispanic voters had cast ballots, representing an 87.2% increase of over 881,000 additional voters compared to the same point in the 2022 election cycle.
NBC News, reported early voting numbers; Political Wire, cited early voting analysis
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Republicans and Democrats compete for moderate Republican voters in Tarrant County ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker exemplifies the swing voters both parties pursue, saying she plans to vote for two Democrats statewide while backing a Republican for county judge.
Mattie Parker, Fort Worth Mayor, moderate Republican voter; Tim O'Hare, Tarrant County judge candidate, oversees Tarrant County Commissioners Court; Mark Jones, Political scientist at Rice University and 2 more
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Democrat Gina Hinojosa, a Texas State Representative from Austin since 2016, campaigned for governor against incumbent Greg Abbott. She proposed reducing state spending from a $27 billion surplus to $10 billion and distributing $1,500 to every Texas household, and suspending gas and diesel taxes.
Hinojosa said she would suspend gas and diesel taxes, and claimed Abbott increased Houston ISD property taxes in October 2025. [1, 3]
Gina Hinojosa, Texas State Representative and Democratic gubernatorial candidate; Greg Abbott, Incumbent Governor, Republican, running for fourth term; Mike Morath, Texas Education Agency Commissioner
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Gov. Greg Abbott's campaign launched the Abbott Impact app to conduct get-out-the-vote outreach by having users text their personal contacts who have not yet voted. Abbott promoted the app at a Harlingen campaign stop on Tuesday, asking supporters to download it. As of last week, the app had 11,450 users who sent over 20 million messages and knocked on thousands of doors.
Gov. Greg Abbott, Campaign leader who promoted app at Harlingen rally; Talia Stroud, Director of Center for Media Engagement at University of Texas at Austin, analyst of campaign strategy
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico held rallies in Bryan on October 30 and Houston on October 31 as part of his campaign tour. Democratic downballot candidates also appeared at the events.
James Talarico, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate; Clayton Tucker, Democratic Texas agriculture commissioner nominee; Gina Hinojosa, Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate and 2 more
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced arrests of convicted felons accused of voting illegally in the 2026 midterm election. The investigation began after a tip that people with felony convictions who were incarcerated, on parole or on probation had cast ballots in Harris County.
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General; Texas Attorney General's Election Integrity Unit, investigating and making arrests
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