Texas Attorney General and Republican nominee Ken Paxton pushed ahead of his general election contender, Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, in a new poll published Tuesday as the two face off in a highly contested U.S. Senate race.

A poll conducted by the University of Texas in collaboration with the Texas Politics Project showed Paxton gaining a +1 lead over Talarico, reversing the dynamic seen in polls released earlier this month that placed the Christian Democrat ahead by roughly 3 percentage points.