Texas Early Voting Nears 6M in Tight Talarico-Paxton Senate Race
Summary
More than 6.3 million Texans had voted early by Wednesday, ahead of Friday’s final day of early voting in the Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton. Turnout was 50 percent higher than at the same point in 2022, though early voting remained close to 2018 levels, and the race was described as a toss-up.Key Facts
- More than 43 million Americans had voted early nationwide, nearly 10 million more than at the comparable point four years earlier.
- Harris County recorded 862,700 early votes by Wednesday, up from 564,500 at the same point in 2022.
- Texas had a record 19 million registered voters, 7.7 percent more than before the 2022 midterm election.
- By the tenth day of early voting, 31.4 percent of registered Texas voters had cast ballots in person, compared with 22.36 percent on the matching day in 2022.
- After seven days, 23.4 percent of registered voters had voted, slightly below the 24.3 percent recorded at that point in 2018.
- During the first week, voters with a history of Democratic primaries accounted for 35 percent of early ballots, compared with 33 percent for voters with a history of Republican primaries.
- Hispanic voters made up 18 percent of early voters through the preceding Sunday.
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