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Winner-take-all answer·5 source contracts·Polymarket 5·closed just now·Closes May 25, 2026 · 0d

Texas Senate Republican Primary Runoff Margin of Victory

Leader sits at 85% across 5 bound outcomes, runner-up at 4%. This is a winner-take-all market — the headline is the leader’s price, not an arithmetic mean.

Leader probability

85%

Paxton 9%+

runner-up 4¢leader 85¢

Outcomes

5

winner-take-all

Runner-up

Paxton 6–9%

Spread

81pp

dominant leader

24h volume

$15K

liquid

Closes

May 25, 2026

0 days

Venue

Polymarket

5 bound

30-day trend

0%50%100%-30d-3w-2w-1wtodayPaxton 9%+: 100% (13 days, 11 points)Paxton 9%+: 100% on 2026-05-28Paxton 6–9%: 2% (13 days, 12 points)Paxton 6–9%: 2% on 2026-05-27Cornyn <3%: 0% (13 days, 12 points)Cornyn <3%: 0% on 2026-05-27
Paxton 9%+100¢Paxton 6–9%2¢Cornyn <3%0¢
Top 3 candidates by current price · 13d

Bracket family

How the bracket ladder is priced.

Each row is one outcome on the venue. Sorted by 24h volume — the heaviest book is at the top.

Analysis

This 26% probability reflects market expectations that Ken Paxton will win the Texas Republican Senate runoff by a margin between 15% and 20%. The current price distribution suggests traders are uncertain about the final margin, with meaningful probability mass across multiple outcome buckets from 0-5% up to 20%+. The key drivers of this assessment are Paxton's performance and name recognition in the general Republican primary electorate, his opponent's relative strength in key geographic regions, and turnout patterns in runoff elections which typically differ from primary contests. The runoff election itself will resolve this market completely, determining the actual margin of victory and validating or contradicting current market expectations about whether the race will be competitive or decisive.

  • Turnout composition in runoff elections historically differs from first-round primaries, affecting which candidate's base mobilizes most effectively
  • Paxton's statewide office experience and incumbent advantage versus opponent's regional or organizational strengths in specific Texas counties
  • Early voting and absentee ballot participation rates, which may shift the electorate composition compared to election day voters
  • Post-primary polling showing Paxton's standing relative to runoff opponent among registered Republican voters
  • Geographic distribution of remaining candidate support, particularly performance differences in major metropolitan areas versus rural Texas counties

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How we compute these odds

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For binary slugs, the headline probability is the liquidity-weighted mid-price across all bound contracts. For multi-outcome slugs (e.g. elections with 3+ candidates), the headline is the leader’s price; we never arithmetically average disjoint outcomes — that would produce a number with no real-world meaning.

Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours; daily aggregates are computed at 04:00 UTC. The 30-day sparkline is drawn from per-ticker daily means stored in market_indicator_daily; 24h delta and movement events are derived from the same source.

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