The tight Texas Republican Senate primary runoff between incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, scheduled for May 26, anchors trader consensus around exactly one primary defeat. Recent May primaries in Indiana and Louisiana produced few incumbent losses despite Trump-backed challengers targeting figures like Bill Cassidy, while broader polling and fundraising data show most Republican senators maintaining strong advantages in low-turnout contests. Historical base rates of Senate primary upsets remain low, with only isolated right-flank pressures succeeding this cycle. Upcoming contests and any last-minute shifts in Texas voter turnout could alter the count, but current skin-in-the-game pricing reflects one outcome as the clearest near-term path.
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This market will resolve according to the number of Republican Senate incumbents who do not win their nominating election to move on to the general election as a result of the 2026 midterm primary elections.
An incumbent will be considered not to have won their election if they are not declared the winner of the election they sought, including if they withdraw, suspend, or otherwise leave the race at any point after officially registering as a candidate, regardless of the reason. Incumbents who do not officially register as candidates for reelection will not be considered.
This market will resolve based on the results of all Senate nominating elections, including party primaries, top-two or jungle primaries, and primaries for special elections, that are scheduled to occur between March 1 and September 30, 2026. If a required runoff for any such election or a subsequent qualifying round in a non-partisan primary system could change the market’s outcome, the market will remain open until that contest is conclusively called by this market’s resolution sources.
A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time of their nominating election. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democratic or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus prior to the conclusion of the relevant nominating election.
The resolution source for this market will be the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources have conclusively called all relevant nominating elections. If all three sources do not achieve consensus in calling the relevant races for this market, it will resolve based on official state certification of the nominating election results.
Market Opened: Jan 14, 2026, 2:51 PM ET
Resolver
0x2F5e3684c...This market will resolve according to the number of Republican Senate incumbents who do not win their nominating election to move on to the general election as a result of the 2026 midterm primary elections.
An incumbent will be considered not to have won their election if they are not declared the winner of the election they sought, including if they withdraw, suspend, or otherwise leave the race at any point after officially registering as a candidate, regardless of the reason. Incumbents who do not officially register as candidates for reelection will not be considered.
This market will resolve based on the results of all Senate nominating elections, including party primaries, top-two or jungle primaries, and primaries for special elections, that are scheduled to occur between March 1 and September 30, 2026. If a required runoff for any such election or a subsequent qualifying round in a non-partisan primary system could change the market’s outcome, the market will remain open until that contest is conclusively called by this market’s resolution sources.
A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time of their nominating election. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democratic or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus prior to the conclusion of the relevant nominating election.
The resolution source for this market will be the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources have conclusively called all relevant nominating elections. If all three sources do not achieve consensus in calling the relevant races for this market, it will resolve based on official state certification of the nominating election results.
Resolver
0x2F5e3684c...The tight Texas Republican Senate primary runoff between incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, scheduled for May 26, anchors trader consensus around exactly one primary defeat. Recent May primaries in Indiana and Louisiana produced few incumbent losses despite Trump-backed challengers targeting figures like Bill Cassidy, while broader polling and fundraising data show most Republican senators maintaining strong advantages in low-turnout contests. Historical base rates of Senate primary upsets remain low, with only isolated right-flank pressures succeeding this cycle. Upcoming contests and any last-minute shifts in Texas voter turnout could alter the count, but current skin-in-the-game pricing reflects one outcome as the clearest near-term path.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated

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