# Focus groups: Their candidates lost in Michigan and Texas primaries. Now what?

https://mins.news/en/item/113307

- NBC News, 2026-10-23 20:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/focus-groups-candidates-lost-michigan-texas-primaries-now-rcna604434

> Some voters whose preferred candidates lost in this year’s two key Senate primaries are still weighing whether to back their party’s nominee on Election Day, a choice with major implications for next year’s Senate majority.

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