James Talarico ended his Senate campaign before supporters at a music venue in Austin on Monday, while Ken Paxton addressed a restaurant 220 miles away in Allen.
Two final polls gave the Democrat leads of 5.9 and 7 percentage points before voting began Tuesday, although neither result makes victory certain.
Texans will decide whether Republicans preserve a seat central to their Senate majority or Democrats achieve a statewide breakthrough that has eluded them for decades…