ManifoldPlay moneyPoliticsDevelopingUpdated 10m ago

Will James Talarico win Starr County in the 2026 Texas Senate election?

As of Oct 21, 2026, 10:36 AM ET, Manifold priced this market at 89.5% (up from 86.3% 24 hours earlier). It had 100 mana traded in the past 24 hours and 188 mana of pool liquidity. probcast.co rates the support behind this price as moderate.

Market probability
89.5%
+3.1 percentage points
over 24 hours86.3% → 89.5%

Play-money market (mana, not dollars) — thin market where small orders can move the price — but today's move came mostly from one account.

Price historyManifold

Source: ProbCast snapshots (Manifold)

How credible was the move?

Methodology →

Move validity

Moderate

Consensus stability

Stable

Contract clarity

High

Can you trust this price?

Two different questions: how hard the price is to move, and whose trading set it.

Market capacity

How hard is it to move this price?

Thin

Pool liquidity

188 mana

Bid-ask spread

n/a

automated market maker

24h volume

100 mana

Total volume

583.1 mana

Play money: depth is in mana, so it says nothing about real-money conviction.

Who's trading

Whose opinion is this price?

One account dominates
67%of the traded money came from the single largest account

Accounts

2

Trades

3

over 59 days

Largest order

100 mana

150.3 mana traded across these 3 trades (last 59 days).

One account did most of the recent trading — the price reflects that account's view more than a crowd's.

Recent trade activity$150.3 traded

From the latest trade tape (most recent 200 prints) — a live activity sample, not a lifetime total.

What this market actually measures

In 2016 Hillary won Starr county by 60% Biden won it by 5% in 2020 Trump won it by 16% The county has had the largest shift to the right of any county in America since 2012. It had the longest Democratic streak of ANY county in America, voting for dems in every election from 1896 to 2020.

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View full official resolution rules

In 2016 Hillary won Starr county by 60% Biden won it by 5% in 2020 Trump won it by 16% The county has had the largest shift to the right of any county in America since 2012. It had the longest Democratic streak of ANY county in America, voting for dems in every election from 1896 to 2020. It was Michael Dukakis(1988, 84.74%) and bill clinton (1996, 86.94%) highest percent of the vote share in any county un the country, and there’s over 3000 counties! Will Talarico win it back? Resolves yes if James Talarico wins Starr County in the 2026 us senate election in Texas.

Why the odds moved

The probability rose 3.1 percentage points over the last 24 hours (86.3% → 89.4%).

No verified catalyst has been linked to this move yet. ProbCast does not attribute moves to news without evidence connecting the timing of a specific report to the repricing.

What could move this market next?

  • The market's deadline arrivesNovember 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM ET

    The contract must resolve based on what has happened by this date.

Derived from the contract's own mechanics as of Oct 21, 10:46 AM ET. ProbCast does not list scheduled meetings, announcements, or data releases it cannot verify.

Advanced analysis (experimental)

Research signals — these models are still accumulating the history needed for full validation, and they can disagree with the headline read. Model confidence: low · expected error ±20 pts.

One big traderLegacy movement classifier: watch

What's happening

medium classifier confidence
One big trader

Recent movement was driven largely by one participant with little broad follow-through. The move may not represent consensus.

  • One participant drove 67% of recent flow
  • Move not broadly confirmed (2 participants)

Read with caution —Read the latest price with caution; conditions make it an unreliable summary right now.

More details — reliability score, dynamics, durability
Reliability score
15Low
Where the price path tends to go next596 observed
  • Illiquid / quiet98%

Short-term motion of the price line (~1h), distinct from the environment above — not a prediction of the final outcome.

DurabilityHigh· half-life ~21h
PredictabilityStable

Secondary read: leaning toward Thin market.

A read-only classification of the market environment — how much weight the current price deserves as a read of consensus. It describes conditions, never a trade.

Change (pts)1H0.06H0.024H+3.17D+3.1

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