Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Avery L Ayers
- Party
- Write-in
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · Texas
- Filing address
- Houston, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- AYERS, AVERY L
- Next election
- General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas
FEC candidate ID S4TX00441 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF AVERY AYERS FOR U.S. SENATE OF TEXAS 2026
2025–2026 cycle totals through October 31, 2025, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history appears here after the next data refresh with FEC report data.
The race
Texas U.S. Senate, 2026 · 39 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avery L Ayers (W) | $0.00 | $210.00 | 2025-10-31 |
| James Talarico (D) | $128,772,835.42 | $14,594,231.85 | 2026-09-30 |
| Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (R) | $19,497,809.76 | $4,925,105.47 | 2026-09-30 |
| Jasmine Crockett (D) | $11,096,965.96 | $0.00 | 2026-08-13 |
| John Sen Cornyn (R) | $8,608,609.91 | $496,092.37 | 2026-10-14 |
| Colin Allred (D) | $7,630,708.50 | $401.95 | 2026-09-30 |
| Wesley Hunt (R) | $2,154,467.93 | $4,410.92 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terry Virts (D) | $666,753.76 | $55,965.14 | 2026-09-30 |
| Keith Allen (R) | $156,626.79 | $0.00 | 2026-03-31 |
| Theodore E. Brown Jr. (L) | $14,257.28 | $1,288.35 | 2026-10-14 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
Polling average: Ken Paxton 46.6% · James Talarico 48.9% (Talarico +2.3%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Decision Desk HQ, FiftyPlusOne, RealClearPolitics, The Texas Tribune, Silver Bulletin.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActiVote | October 17–21, 2026 | 400 (LV) | ±4.9% | Ken Paxton 49% · James Talarico 51% |
| Emerson College | October 17–19, 2026 | 1,000 (LV) | ±3.0% | Ken Paxton 48% · James Talarico 49% · Ted Brown 3% |
| 46% | 48% | 1% | Ken Paxton 5% | |
| Beacon Research (D)/ Shaw & Co. Research (R) | October 15–19, 2026 | 1,398 (LV) | ±2.5% | Ken Paxton 49% · James Talarico 49% |
| 2,011 (RV) | ±2.0% | 46% | 52% | Ted Brown 2% |
| CBS News/YouGov | October 8–16, 2026 | 1,492 (LV) | ±3.5% | Ken Paxton 49% · James Talarico 51% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Texas (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF AVERY AYERS FOR U.S. SENATE OF TEXAS 2026.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.
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