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With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, the races at the top of the Texas ballot remain too close to call. But a deeper dive into the preferences of likely voters found sharp divisions between rural voters and those from elsewhere in the state.

In a new survey from the 91ÊÓƵ Hobby School of Public Affairs, Democrat James Talarico holds a narrow lead over Republican Ken Paxton in the race for U.S. Senate, while Republican candidates in other statewide races hold small leads in what is shaping up to be an unusually tight election.

In a new survey from the 91ÊÓƵ's Hobby School of Public Affairs, Republican Alex Mealer is leading Democratic challenger Leticia Gutierrez by six points in the race for Texas’ 9th Congressional District, with support from 48% of likely voters, compared with 42% for Gutierrez.