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Ken Paxton (left) and James Talarico (Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

The latest poll from The Texas Politics Project shows an extremely close race between Attorney General Ken Paxton and state Rep. James Talarico for U.S. Senate.<\/p>

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The latest numbers released Monday show Paxton with a 1% lead over Talarico, 43% to 42%. Three percent of those polled said they would support Libertarian candidate Ted Brown, while 3% said they would support “someone else.” Ten percent said they haven’t thought enough to make an opinion.<\/p>

The poll was conducted June 5\u201312 among 1,200 self-reported registered voters and has a margin of error of +\/- 2.83%.<\/p>

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Can Paxton or Talarico pull voters from the other side?<\/h2>

A majority of voters from each candidate’s respective party said they would support their party’s candidate. Republican voters have overwhelmingly coalesced behind Paxton, with 84% of Republican voters polled saying they would support him if the election was today. In Texas Politics Project’s April poll, only 63% of Republican said they would support Paxton in the November election.<\/p>

A slightly higher proportion of Democrats, 88%, said they would support Talarico in November.<\/p>

So, where are the rest of the voters landing?<\/p>

Well, 5% of Republicans said they would support Talarico, while 2% would support Brown. Two percent said they would support someone else and 7% of Republicans haven’t formed an opinion yet.<\/p>

On the Democrat side, 1% said they would support Paxton, while 3% would support Brown. Two percent said they were supporting someone else and 6% haven’t formed an opinion.<\/p>

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Independent voters overwhelmingly support Talarico, with 40% backing the Democrat compared to 12% for Paxton. Seven percent of independents support Brown, while 8% said someone else. A large portion, 34%, of independent voters said they haven’t formed an opinion.<\/p>

Republicans hold leads in other statewide races<\/h2>

The poll also asked voters who they preferred in statewide races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.<\/p>

In all three races, the Republican candidate held a single-digit lead over their Democratic opponent, but were further ahead compared to the U.S. Senate race.5-<\/p>

Gov. Greg Abbott had a seven-point lead over Gina Hinojosa, 47%\u201440%.<\/p>

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also had a seven-point lead over Democrat Vikki Goodwin, 43%-36% with 16% of voters having not formed an opinion.<\/p>

In the race for attorney general, Republican Mayes Middleton only leads Democrat Nathan Johnson by five points, 41%-36%<\/p>

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