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  35%0.0%

  Feud Nationalizes Race

  Elon Musk keeps attacking James Talarico and turns the Texas Senate race into a national proxy fight over the GOP, Ken Paxton, and anti-Musk Democratic fundraising. This is likely because Musk has already committed large sums and Talarico has shown he can monetize the backlash.

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  25%0.0%

  GOP Split Widens

  Neil Bush’s public support for Talarico encourages additional business-aligned or Bush-era Republicans to criticize Ken Paxton. The race becomes a visible split between Paxton-Musk populists and anti-Paxton conservatives.

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  20%0.0%

  Campaign Absorbs Feud

  The feud produces a short burst of attention but does not materially change the structure of the race. Both campaigns return to familiar issues: Paxton’s record, border politics, abortion, and national partisan control of the Senate.

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  12%0.0%

  Donor Scrutiny Grows

  Campaign-finance watchdogs and Democratic lawyers challenge the structure, disclosure, or coordination of Musk-linked spending in the Texas race. This is less likely than a normal campaign escalation but plausible given the unusually large dollar amounts already reported.

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  8%0.0%

  Polling Narrative Shifts

  A new public poll or leaked internal survey shows a meaningful change in the Texas Senate race after the Musk-Bush-Talarico fight. This is less likely in the immediate term because single-cycle polling moves are noisy, but the money and attention make a narrative shift possible.

Each figure is the modeled move of the S&P 500 if it happens. For information only. Not investment advice.