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From the Right · Watch · November 2, 2026

Nov 2 · A day before the midterms, a New York Times/Siena poll shows Democrats Adam Hamilton in Kansas and James Talarico in Texas ahead in Senate races, as President Trump attacks Hamilton at his Salina, Kan., rally

Fox News: The hotly contested Senate seat in Texas has become the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history, with nearly half a billion dollars spent so far. This comes as a brand new poll shows Democrat James Talarico leading Republican Ken Paxton by seven points in the Texas' Senate

Fox News: The hotly contested Senate seat in Texas has become the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history, with nearly half a billion dollars spent so far. This comes as a brand new poll shows Democrat James Talarico leading Republican Ken Paxton by seven points in the Texas' Senate

Grade B (82/100). Mike Tobin in Houston reports the New York Times/Siena poll has Talarico ahead of Paxton by seven points and the race is the most expensive Senate race in history

B: Uses an unnamed source or unsourced number.

  • Relies on an unnamed source or a number with no source (minus 18 points): [0:34] 'Elon Musk dropped 158 million into the conservative Senate leadership fund' (no source given)

Splits: Mike Tobin in Houston reports the New York Times/Siena poll has Talarico ahead of Paxton by seven points and the race is the most expensive Senate race in history

Same story: ABC News, C-SPAN

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