Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is leading state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by just 2 points among likely voters, according to a new Fox News poll. The Democrat’s lead is within the poll’s 3-point margin of error and shows a tight race in the Lone Star State. Among likely voters polled, 51 percent… Source link
President Trump quipped that Texas Senate GOP candidate Ken Paxton was “a pain in the a‑‑” and acknowledged he was “a little controversial” during several stops in the Lone Star State and Oklahoma — unusually candid remarks about one of his own endorsees just weeks out from the November elections. “When I was being hit… Source link
So, just to recap: Trump brings Republicans to Texas for a convention designed to help Republican candidates, like Ken Paxton. Then Paxton privately says his poll numbers dropped after said convention. And at the convention, the president is essentially doing a roast of his own Senate candidate’s wardrobe, speaking style and appearance before ultimately telling voters they should still elect him. Source link
A new poll shows Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) leading Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by 5 points in the Lone Star State’s Senate race — just a little more than a month before November’s midterm elections. The Texas Public Opinion Research (TPOR) poll released Friday showed Talarico with 49 percent support from… Source link
Democrat James Talarico, a state lawmaker, and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) remain deadlocked in the Texas Senate race less than seven weeks out from Election Day, according to a new poll released Thursday. The Hill/Emerson College Polling survey found 47 percent of state voters supported Talarico, while 46 percent backed Paxton in the… Source link
This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. The family of a woman who died after she could not get an abortion in Texas is suing doctors and state officials including Attorney General Ken Paxton. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban. “It’s horrible that she’s gone and she was taken from us this way. It’s horrible that she’s not here anymore,” said LaTanya Walker, Tierra Walker’s aunt and the lead plaintiff in the case, in a press conference Wednesday. She added: “I want justice for her. I want it to not happen to anyone else. It needs to stop.” The case, filed Tuesday in state court by a malpractice firm and the abortion rights group Amplify Legal, argues that Texas’ abortion bans violate both the state and U.S. Constitution. This case is also the first to directly sue Paxton, who has taken a leading role in enforcing Texas’ ban. Paxton is locked …
Political commentator Bill O’Reilly on Monday predicted that Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton will win his race against Democrat James Talarico, saying the latter “is just too much” for Texas. “So if I had to go by my gut, I’m not a betting man, but if I were, I would bet… Source link
Democratic State Representative James Talarico and Jeffrey Epstein survivors used a traveling exhibit in Dallas to call on Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton to support them and sue the Department of Justice over the handling of Epstein’s files. Source link
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Wednesday that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) must debate his opponent, Democratic nominee James Talarico, to win the state’s Senate election. In an interview with Nexstar, which owns The Hill, Sessions was asked whether he supported Paxton’s bid for Senate. “Of course I do,” the lawmaker said. “He’s running… Source link
In nearby Marfa, Talarico’s campaign had arranged a rally at the Thunderbird Hotel. Tightly orchestrated, mostly on time. The candidate’s stump was polished, relatively brief, and didn’t vary much from town to town. He spoke about his love for his great-grandfather, whom he calls Poppy, who returned from fighting fascism in WW II to model the honor of service and the teachings of Jesus Christ. There were hundreds of people present, in a town of about 2,000, and the photo line curled around three sides of the large room. I decided to talk to the two most visually dissimilar men in the audience. The first was Jerry Mitchell, a retired homebuilder, who came from Alpine. Big cowboy hat, white ranch shirt, clean boot-cut blue jeans, black boots, wiry build. A man who’s seen some sun. Had he voted for Democrats often? “Lately,” he said, in a low voice, “you gotta vote for the woman.” (He seemed to be referring to Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton, not Talarico.) Decent Republicans, he said, “and there’s a lot …
