AUSTIN (Nexstar) — There are five men who could conceivably win their party's nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas, according to the University of Houston-Texas Southern University's annual Texas Trends Survey.

Allred vs. Talarico

On the Democratic side, former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred has a slim 46%-42% advantage over State Rep. James Talarico. While the results are close, it represents a huge boost for Talarico, as August polling from the Texas Politics Project found that 42% of Democrats didn't know who he was. In this Texas Trends Survey, that number was down to 24%.

"If you're Talarico, you have to like your position now. You've just launched into the race, you raised $6 million and have a larger war chest than Colin Allred has, and you can effectively use that to introduce yourself i

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