In Texas, 4.5 million ballots have been cast compared to 3 million at this point in 2022.
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The Parnas PerspectiveOct 26, 2026
The 4.5 million figure matches sources from the posting date (about 4.5 million Texans had voted by Oct. 25–26).
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… The jump is largely, is especially large, in Republican-leaning states with competitive Senate races. Early voting is up 69% in Kansas, 41% in Maine, 24% in Iowa. In Texas, 4.5 million ballots have been cast, compared with 3 million to this point in 2022. Michigan has already surpassed a million ballots. Virginia is up about 80% from four years ago, and right now, the early vote is concentrated in districts where Republicans are playing, quote, defense, not offense. …
The Parnas Perspective · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Community Impact and Houston Public Media report about 4.5 million Texans had cast ballots in the first seven days of early voting, through Oct. 25, which matches the posting date.[2][3]
Supports. The Texan reports first-week turnout exceeded the 2022 midterm by about 45 percent, which implies roughly 3.1 million ballots at the same point in 2022.[4]
Context. KERA reports that at the same point in early voting, 2022 turnout was about 21% of registered voters, which implies a 2022 count somewhat above 3 million, so the exact 2022 baseline is only approximated by the sources.[5]
Context. The AP and Texas Tribune coverage of later totals (7.4–7.7 million by the end of early voting) postdates the claim and does not change its as-of-posting accuracy.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1Early voting jumps as millions more Americans vote ahead ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 24.5M Texans cast ballots in first week of early voting | Central Austincommunityimpact.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Texas early voting rate is slightly behind 2018, when Beto O'Rourke ...houstonpublicmedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Texas on Track for Record Midterm Voter Turnout, Democrats ...thetexan.news · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Voting records are being broken across Texas. Here's where turnout standskera.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Early vote in 2026 election surpasses 2018 recordtexastribune.org · not rated · cited for: context
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