Fact-check: X posts and web reports confirm Texas Republican Senate primary runoff between Cornyn and Paxton (e.g., posts 17-25, web 45), North Carolina Senate primary wins for Roy Cooper (D) and Michael Whatley (R) (posts 26-35, web 36), and Halifax County poll book failures causing delays (post 0, web 41); however, Texas Democratic primary results are finalized with James Talarico winning outright (posts 2-15, web 46,53), contradicting the article's claim that they remain pending.
Texas Republican candidates for US Senate head to runoff as Democratic candidates await results – as it happened
Texas Republican Senate candidates are heading to a runoff after no candidate secured the required vote threshold, while Democratic Senate primary results remain pending. North Carolina results are delayed due to equipment failures in Halifax County, where electronic poll books failed to synchronize for 90 minutes without backup voting measures being implemented. Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley won their respective primaries in North Carolina, setting up a Senate contest.