articleThe Brief James Talarico leads Ken Paxton 51% to 48% in a new Fox News poll of Texas voters. Talarico leads Paxton in Fox News pollIn the poll, conducted July 23–26, 51% of those polled said they planned to vote for Talarico in November, while 48% put their support behind Paxton. Nearly half of voters polled (47%) said they felt Talarico was too extreme to serve as Senator, with 25% saying they were "extremely concerned." The poll shows a closer contest than a poll from Texas Public Opinion Research, which showed Abbott held a three-point lead. The poll surveyed 1,006 Texas registered voters and was conducted by Beacon Research and Shaw and Company Research.