Close in Texas

According to TSU poll

US Senate
🟥John Cornyn 45% (incumbent)
🟦James Talarico 44%
🟨Ted Brown 3%

🟥Ken Paxton 45%
🟦James Talarico 45%
🟨Ted Brown 2%
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Governor
🟥Greg Abbott 49%
🟦Gina Hinojosa 43%
🟨Pat Dixon 3%
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Lt. Governor
🟥Dan Patrick 47% (incumbent)
🟦Vikki Goodwin 40%
🟨Anthony Cristo 3%

68 responses to “Close in Texas”

  1. jason yupanqui Avatar
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    jason yupanqui

    May 18, 2026 at 9:01 am

    It irritates me when PGA players whine about the conditions of the course, the rough, the pin placement, etc.

    The only valid complaint, and that is the luck of the draw, is that sometimes you have an advantage by playing at a certain time of the day.

    Otherwise, those other factors are the same for everyone, sorry, prima donna

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    DW is a space isolationist and an alien denier, that is why he won’t spend 400 billion on alien flatulence.

    He doesn’t what trillions of aliens farting into space could do to a black hole.

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    Bombshell data from the IRS has left NY Governor Kathy Hochul speechless. Between 2020-2024, 892 companies escaped from New York – along with $47 BILLION in income with them. Here’s where they went: • Florida: 341 companies • Texas: 187 • North Carolina: 129 But guess what – it’s no longer just billionaires. We’re talking about middle-class professionals, small business owners, and families desperate to flee the taxes, regulations and unsafe state. Remember when Hochul made fun of them? “Just get on a bus.” Well…. they did”

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  4. this texas poll was done by Public Policy Research and Survey Center, not to be confused with Public Policy Polling (D). The university is Texas Southern. I have no record of either the pollster or the school doing a poll before.

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  5. “Just get on a bus.” Well…. they did”

    Yes, but the important question is will they go to these new states and vote to create the very conditions they fled from?

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  6. Baris has a new “pole” showing a tied race between Messie and his opponent.

    I don’t know if Baris “shows his work”.

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  7. Change Research (D) has Cooper leading NC race by 7 over Whatley. Their prior poll it was +10, so at least moving in a good direction.

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  8. Baris is about as good a pollster as there is. I’m going by his past record. It’s as good as there is. I have no doubt the race in Kentucky is razor thin.

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  9. Iran better watch out. Trump says the clock is ticking. They are fixing to get it. This time he REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY MEANS IT!!!

    LOL

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  10. Baris has had some good numbers….in good GOP cycles. He shows his work about as uch as Cahaly at Trafalgar does, and the two overlap; in 2024, they were both pretty good. In 2022, not so much.

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  11. As far as Texas goes, I have no clue, and I live here for crying out loud. In a GE Paxton will be hindered by all the personal baggage. Cornyn doesn’t have the baggage but won’t get the base turnout. I don’t know which candidate would be the weakest in November.

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  12. Don’t follow golf like my father, but did read that Master’s Champ Rory McIIroy shouted out to a fan yesterday….”Shut the f*** up!” after the fan yelled U-S-A.

    Again, don’t follow golf but MLB Rule 4.06 strictly prohibits players from making intentional contact or directing abusive, threatening, or obscene language at fans.

    If a player crosses the line-such at retaliating with obscentities a fan-the league will immediately issue a fine or suspension.

    Does professional golf play with the same rules?

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  13. Baris says the weakest would be Cornyn and he’d absolutely lose. I don’t know about that.

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  14. Cornyn has lost the grass roots in Texas. I think losing this group is a bigger negative dynamic than someone having “baggage” like Paxton. Plus, Paxton has made recent points by going after and winning some affirmative care issues.

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  15. I’m concerned about Trump’s approval numbers being in the 30’s. Some of the latest generic polling is favoring the Dems over the republicans, indicating the flurry of redistricting may not be helping republicans as much as they had hoped. Also, as a side note, I don’t think Trump’s brutal Truth Social comments, tearing down,Massie, Boubart and others, helps Trump’s presidential image. I’m kind of sick of him doing this. Plus, I was disappointed in his comments, post China trip, about brushing off the 500,000 Chinese students enrolled here, or the farm land grabs being made by the Chinese.

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  16. I’m leaning that way a bit but not sure. I have to think about it some more before I cast my final vote in the runoff.

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  17. Janzam, what Trump needs to do is get this war behind him! Big mistake allowing Iranians to drag this out with their endless negotiations game. Trump should have known better. He’s watched them play these games for years.

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  18. Phil, I also find Trump’s Iranian threats are beginning to appear like a paper tiger, having little substance behind those threats. Finally, strategic planning in taking on Cuba seems to be advancing. It would be insane, to me, to take on another “war.”

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    If I still lived in TX I would vote for Cornyn.

    If the deadenders then want to elect a screwball moron like Talarico be my guest.

    Paxton has way too much baggage and is a implosion waiting to happen. The Dems are probably holding back on a lot more negatives for him in the hopes he wins the nomination.

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    The farmland issue is a bunch of BS.

    “Chinese investors and entities own approximately 277,000 acres of U.S. agricultural land. This represents less than 1% of the total foreign-held farmland in the United States and accounts for a tiny fraction (roughly 0.02%) of all privately held agricultural land in the country.”

    But idiotic Cultist morons like Janzam eat this click bait up like its prime steak.

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    Baris says the weakest would be Cornyn and he’d absolutely lose. I don’t know about that.”

    Baris is full of crap.

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  22. I live on the west side of Los Angeles, CA. I always thought my awareness of the problems here was current. But, this weekend, while listening to a local news report, detailing how the suffering of small business owners has grown, I was jolted out of my naïveté when the number of restaurants etc. were cited as going out of business. If this economy doesn’t pick up, if gas prices don’t either stabilize or improve, I think the Republican Party is going to be in trouble when mid terms roll around. Hope I’m wrong…..

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    Zzzzz….. you can blame Newsome and Dems for business failures in CA, not Trump or Rs.

    High taxes, unreasonable regulations, $20 minimum wage, etc are what kills businesses in CA.

    And CA has had high grass prices way before the Iran war.

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    jason yupanqui

    Hope I’m wrong…..”

    Your perfect record of being wrong here is very safe, no worries.

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  25. Breaking! Trump just issued another warning to Iran!

    Yawn

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  26. fat lady warming up?

    KY-04 GOP PRIMARY

    🟥 Ed Gallrein: 51%

    🟪 Thomas Massie: 44%

    @grayhousepolls | 5/16-17 | 435 LV

    https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2056417990690636259

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  27. If Cornyn wins the run-off he will not have the energy of the grass roots activists to support him and get out the vote. Consequently, Talarico will have a far better chance of winning the senate seat.

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  28. Zzzzz….. you can blame Newsome and Dems for business failures in CA, not Trump or Rs.

    I do blame Newsom and the Dems for the high taxes, strangling regulations, $7 a gallon gas prices. However, here in CA liberal voters are infected with TDS, and label everything bad as “Trump’s fault.” I factually dispute their claims on local neighborhood blogs, and have been suspended 3 times by the moderators for doing so. Bottom line, the poor economy is attributed to Trump policies.

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  29. There are now allegations of Messie “booking up” with Bobert, days after the death of messsies wife.

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    Zzzzz……

    “4 entered the Capitol during the riot”?

    Hey, Mommy, those mean FBI agents MADE me assault police officers, trespass the Capitol, and destroy and steal personal and public property.

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  32. jason yupanqui Avatar
    jason yupanqui

    There are now allegations of Messie “booking up” with Bobert, days after the death of messsies wife.”

    So what?

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  33. jason yupanqui Avatar
    jason yupanqui

    Massie is an Anti-American, pro-terrorist and anti semitic scumbag.

    I don’t really care who he is banging.

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  34. jason yupanqui Avatar
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    Bottom line, the poor economy is attributed to Trump policies”

    You are an imbecilic moron.

    Do you think they would give Trump credit for low gas prices?

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    . However, here in CA liberal voters are infected with TDS, and label everything bad as “Trump’s fault.”

    Only a moronic idiot like Janzam would think Trump would get credit for doing something different.

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    Opening silo…

    AOC: “It is time for the North to pull up to the South and let them know exactly what they have uncorked with this injustice. They think they can draw us out of power. They do not know the sleeping giant they just awakened. What they thought was the final blow is actually just the opening silo”

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  37. If Cornyn wins the run-off he will not have the energy of the grass roots activists to support him and get out the vote. Consequently, Talarico will have a far better chance of winning the senate seat.

    So the grass roots activists would rather see a Democrat win? This is why I don’t trust grass roots activists.

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  38. I would think the Democratic radical running in Texas would encourage the base to actually turn out to block a Marxist from becoming Texas’s next senator…..but what do I know? The lesser of two evils thing didn’t work out at all for Romney vs Obama. Base just said “F it” and stayed home. Same with milk toast McCain vs Obama.

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  39. the Texas Dem running for US Senate, Talarico, has a glass jaw, but that only helps us if our candidate is willing to throw a punch.

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  40. Rather than shut down their oil wells because of lack of storage, Iran is now dumping their oil into the sea creating an environmental disaster. I was afraid they might do this. Well, how about it, Mr. President? Shall we continue these endless circular negotiations that go nowhere as the stalling continues and they play their games? If they planned to make a deal would they be dumping their oil into the Persian Gulf?

    Start killing their leaders again. Masad has had a month to gather intelligence on where they are. Just do it. Open the strait for God’s sake. What have you been waiting for? Once oil prices start hitting 120 or 130 your leverage decreases. Get off your ass and quit making idle threats. Iranians are making you look like an impotent fool.

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  41. Super Tuesday may likely see the end of Messie and Rattburger

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  42. Iran has established a new body called the “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” designed as the official legal entity overseeing transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

    Well, why the hell not. They control transit through the strait anyway. Why not just formalize it? No word yet on their toll schedule. I’m sure they’ll post it in good time…….and, boy, do they have time. This will probably result in a strongly worded threat from our President. I’m sure the military junta in Tehran is shaking in their boots. OMG! Another threat! Whatever will they ever do? LOL

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  43. [Expletive removed by moderator] Trump and his $1.776 billion slush fund “for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress” [Expletive removed by moderator] ALL THESE [Expletive removed by moderator] PEOPLE>

    [Moderator note: Paul you can do better than this, especially for someone who claims to be some kind of a Christian who goes to church]

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  44. Pop a Xanax, Paul. Hell, pop a couple of them.

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  45. Which one is not like the others?

    Grayhouse** 5/16 – 5/17 435 LV

    Gallrein 51, Massie 44 (Gallrein +7)

    SoCal Strategies** 5/15 – 5/16 450 LV

    Gallrein 49, Massie 42 (Gallrein +7)

    Big Data Poll 5/14 – 5/16 500 LV

    Gallrein 50, Massie 50 (tie)

    Quantus Insights 5/11 – 5/12 908 LV

    Gallrein 53, Massie 45 (Gallrein +8)

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  46. Sounds like free passer logic here.

    stinWStapley

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    2h

    Sen. Cassidy lost his constituency when he failed to show a backbone with the RFK nomination. As a doctor, standing up to the nomination of an anti-vaxxer should have been an easy stand to take. Instead, he caved. So there was no voter base to bail him out when the populists came

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  47. Just in. Trump just announced he has put off military action once again…..this time he says it is because his Gulf allies have asked him to. Said military action was planned for tomorrow.

    Sure it was, Donnie. LMAO

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  48. And Cassidy is more conservative than Trump

    -free passer

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  49. jason yupanqui Avatar
    jason yupanqui

    Considering Trump. is neither a Republican or a conservative, that is most likely true.

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    jason yupanqui

    So Tina would have been unhappy if Cassidy had opposed RFK.

    She is unhappy he didn’t oppose RFK.

    You have to admire Cult logic, it is highly “flexible”.

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    jason yupanqui

    It sounds like the deadenders would rather have Talarico than Cornyn.

    No surprise there.

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    jason yupanqui

    I am more patient with the Iran situation than Phil is.

    But he could be right. We will see.

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    jason yupanqui

    Put this on your resume, Anderson.

    Michael Avenatti

    @MichaelAvenatti

    I had the privilege of working with

    @andersoncooper

    on three stories for

    @60Minutes

    . He is a brilliant journalist, with an unparalleled work ethic. But most importantly, he is one of the finest human beings I have ever met. Congratulations Anderson on a remarkable career at 60 Minutes. You are one of one.”

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  54. If POTUS is to be believed, the Saudis and other regional partners asked him to hold off for a few days as they sensed a deal was near. Just ten years ago, I would not have trusted the Sunnis, but they all have skin in the game now and are willing to work at least tacitly alongside Israel, so I am wiling to hear them out.

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    jason yupanqui

    I wonder if he thinks Cooper is as “fine a human being” as himself.

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    We can’t have that big a presence indefinitely, so I think some kind of action will occur if there is no deal.

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  57. No matter what task Newsom promotes it always ends up smelling of corruption. Currently he is trying to give diapers to low income parents in CA. The problem is the price point for his gimmick is 50 cents per unit, while the store bought cost is around sixteen cents per diaper. Earlier he tried to push hearing aids. After 5 years it came up as a money laundering venture.

    Wall Street Apes

    @WallStreetApes

    WOAH Gavin Newsom launched a program that spend $23 million dollars on hearing aids for kids 5 years later only 300 hearing aids have been given out That’s a cost of $76,666 per hearing aid Retail costs for these same hearing aids is roughly $1,400 Gavin Newsom pushed lawmakers toward a state-run program instead of requiring private insurers to cover the pediatric hearing aids If the retail cost is $1,400 and the state only provided 300, then that’s a cost of $420,000 Yet Gavin Newsom spent $23,000,000 I actually looked into where this money allegedly went, and officially it went to “administrative and overhead costs” instead of providing hearing aids In other words, money laundering

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  58. We have a lot of assets there to stay for a longer period. I don’t know how the mullahs can last. If they are unable to sell oil, it’s a big problem for them. If they dump the oil, or it’s bottled up and not sold, they get no $$$.

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  59. newsom could spend millions more on hearing aids for outer space aliens, just in case they are in need

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  60. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15828825/police-shooter-san-diego-islamic-center.html

    Scumbag killers are often cowards who kill themselves when they are about to be caught.

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  61. Played bridge today.

    Not the success I was hoping for.

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  62. Hey, DW,

    go out and look at the moon right now. I think there is a bright ufo parked beside it…

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  63. ANNOUNCEMENT

    Got a text at bridge today from a gal who had secretly contacted me when at the beach in NC that she was nomatimg my wife for the Women Of Distinction Award this year. I texted her back the info she was asking for, Bio of wife, etc.

    the woman is a former student of my wife 40 some years ago and she abd her husband are both outstanding in the community

    She texted me today today that the wife was indeed one of the 3 women in this 3 county area (combined pop.of about 300,000) that were selected to recieve this award in October.

    The Girl Scouts organization in this region does this every year.

    Happy for my wife to get this recognition.

    😀

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    Of course its not the same as when one of Walt’s wives became Pharaoh but still quite an achievement.

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  65. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15829643/Mom-San-Diego-mosque-shooter.html

    Aren’t you supposed to secure your weapons so your son can’t “run away” with several of them?

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  66. Gov. Shapiro is apparently finding a candidate for Lt. Gov. on the GOP side who is a loon and UFO conspiracy theorist in order to embarrass the candidate for governor if he gets the nomination. In PA, Gov. and Lt. Gov. run separately.

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  67. Jason – Ventre is the loon. Richie is not.

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