A recent poll from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin for the U.S. Senate race shows that U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett has a 56% to 44% lead over state Rep. James Talarico.
For the Republican candidates, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is favored at 36%, followed by U.S. Senator John Cornyn at 34% and Congressman Wesley Hunt’s 26%.
If no candidate from a race has above 50% of the vote after Election Day on March 3, a primary runoff will be held. Early voting for this runoff election would take place from May 18-22, and Election Day would be on May 26.
Those who voted in the primaries must vote for the same party in the runoff election, but those who did not vote in the primary may vote for either party in the runoff.
Voters can cast their ballot for whichever party they please in the November general elections, regardless of which party they voted for in the primaries.
Polling also showed an overall 49% disapproval rate and 45% approval rate for President Donald Trump. The majority of Republicans approve of Trump, yielding an 81% job approval rate; however, this number is down from the 92% Republican approval rate that he started his second term with.
Early voter turnout almost doubled that of the 2022 midterm primaries.
The unofficial voting total for Bexar County is 183,287. Democratic votes made up 123,730 of these votes, and 59,547 early votes were Republican.
According to Ryan Data and Research, a significant number of Democrats have voted in the primaries for the first time this year, while most Republican early voters have voted in past primaries. More than a quarter of early Democratic votes came from individuals who have registered in general elections but never in primaries.
On Election Day, the Main Campus polling location is at the H-E-B Student Union in the Bexar room, 1.102. Voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and individuals can legally vote as long as they are in line by 7 p.m. and registered to do so.
To prepare for Election Day, voters can download a sample ballot.
