Texas Poll Released by Research 2000 for DailyKos.com: Barack Obama 40%, John McCain 52%

Here are the latest results from the Texas poll by Research 2000 for DailyKos.com published on USAElectionPolls.com:

There were 600 voters polled on 10/14-15.

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Senate Race

Cornyn (R) 50 (48)
Noriega (D) 44 (44)
Adams (L) 2 (n/a)

Those trendlines are deceiving. They are from May, but Noriega's campaign headed south soon afterward. Rasmussen has been one of the few pollsters surveying this race. On August 21, they had the race at 52-38. Then in late September, it had closed to 50-43. This poll confirms that the race remains close, within single digits. Cornyn is at 50 percent, so he's where he needs to be. It's up to Noriega to knock Cornyn off that perch.

Noriega has gotten a great deal of recent help from Hillary and Bill Clinton, both of which are raising money and campaigning for Rick. If Hillary could help spur the kind of turnout in southern Texas that she got in the primary, Noriega would have a serious chance. Hopefully she can come through.

And with a tightening race, the DSCC is stuck with a tough decision -- do they play? Texas is an expensive state, with something like 18 media markets, costing millions. Yet on the flip side, they have a real opportunity in a ridiculously good environment to take out Cornyn before he's too entrenched in that seat.

Of course, when it comes to dilemmas, that's the good kind to have, but it's one that must be resolved soon. We're down to two and half weeks before Election Day.

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