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Will Texas elect a Democratic senator in 2018?

22%chance

22%chance

ResolvedNo

ResolvedNo

The community gave this a 22% chance, and it resolved No.

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Opened:

Sep 7, 2018

Closes:

Nov 4, 2018

Resolved:

Nov 7, 2018

Spot Scoring Time:

Sep 8, 2018

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