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Republican Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton took his campaign through the Houston area on Tuesday, with stops in Conroe and Sugar Land. Voters packed an event space at The Table at Madeley in Conroe to hear Paxton speak. Paxton used nearly 20 minutes on stage to outline his plan to fight rising prices and to stress his record as attorney general. "When [President] Joe Biden came for the Lone Star State, I went after him. I took him to court and sued him 107 times in four years, and I won," Paxton said. "Biden declared war...

Breaking: Republicans Turning out at unprecedented levels in Texas Republicans are surging to the polls with the following counties on track to match presidential election 2024 turnout: 🔴 Montgomery (Trump +45) 🔴 Bell (Trump +16) 🔴 Ellis (Trump +30) 🔴 McLennan (Trump +32) Unconfirmed but also been told that Randall (🔴+ 60) and Van Zandt (🔴 +75) are both approaching presidential turnout Clearly the millions GOP are spending on getting out the vote is paying off

Jordan Walker Ross launched 'Faithful Texans for Talarico' as Ken Paxton countered with 'Pastors for Paxton' coalition 'The Chosen' actor Jordan Walker Ross endorsed Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday, helping launch a faith-based voter coalition ahead of November's election while drawing criticism from a Republican state lawmaker over taxpayer-funded Hollywood subsidies. Ross, who portrays the apostle Little James in the popular faith-based television series, announced his endorsement in a campaign video promoting "Faithful Texans for Talarico," an initiative intended to attract religious voters.

First off, for those of you who do not watch the NFL, do not watch television, cut their cable, and so on - we get it. We hear from you guys every time there is something sports related posted. If you can help yourselves, please refrain from telling all of us you do not watch the NFL or television anymore. We know. We've heard it before. Now for anyone watching tonight's game, did you catch the two political ads for Ken Paxton? At first, I thought why am I seeing this in Tennessee. Than I realized that this game being...

Sadly, and very stupidly, John Cornyn, and his Liddle’ Buddy, Super RINO, Karl Rove, are doing everything possible to make it hard for Ken Paxton, the Greatest Attorney General in the History of Texas, and one of the Best in the United States, to win the upcoming Midterm Election against a Radical Left Lunatic, James TalaFREAKO, who is the ANTITHESIS of Texas Values. John Cornyn who, after my Endorsement, lost the Primary to Ken by a very wide margin, and Karl Rove, who shouldn’t be allowed to spew his jealousy on FoxNews, should be ashamed of themselves. They are hurting...

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico raised a record-breaking $64 million in three months — more than any Senate candidate ever in the third quarter — his campaign announced Thursday. The campaign said that brings Talarico's total fundraising to $134 million since he announced his candidacy last year. His Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton, said earlier this month that he had raised $18 million in the same period. Talarico broke Jamie Harrison's record of $57 million, raised during the third quarter in his unsuccessful 2020 Senate campaign in South Carolina. Although a Democrat hasn't won a Senate election in...

Country music legend Willie Nelson has thrown his support behind Democrat James Talarico in Texas’ closely watched U.S. Senate race. The 93-year-old singer urged Texans to vote for Talarico in a newly released endorsement video. Talarico is facing Republican Ken Paxton as Democrats seek to capture a Senate seat in a state long dominated by the GOP. The endorsement emerged Thursday, October 8th, ahead of the November 3rd election. The announcement came through a short video provided to the Houston Chronicle, with Nelson seated in a kitchen wearing his trademark red bandana. Talarico had already appeared onstage with the singer...

AUSTIN, TX — Senate candidate James Talarico suddenly disappeared from the campaign trail last week after Democratic strategists realized that he is James Talarico. With Democrats holding a shocking lead in statewide Texas races, political operatives pulled Talarico off the campaign, hoping to hide the fact that he is James Talarico. "The one thing that could sink this campaign is Texans meeting James Talarico," said Democratic strategist Kelly Hutchins. "He is so friggin' weird. Have you heard the stuff that comes out of that guy's mouth? Completely insane, even for us. We believe the winning strategy is to simply keep...

He’s supposed to give Texas Republicans a run for their money in the U.S. Senate race. Ken Paxton is supposed to lose, if you believe the polling. So, where the hell is Democrat James Talarico? He’s been missing for almost two weeks. No, it’s not an Unsolved Mysteries episode, but politically, he’s been MIA from the campaign trail in a race where Democrats can’t have their people running silent and deep. Is it because we learned earlier this month that Talarico is a Marxist? Where is this guy (via PJ Media): Talarico's last public sighting in Texas came on Saturday,...

Again and again, throughout his long political career, Ken Paxton has gotten himself into trouble. Each time, his wife, Angela, has come to his defense. In 2022, a process server trying to deliver a subpoena to Mr. Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, said he watched Ms. Paxton drive him away from their home in a truck. The next year, during Mr. Paxton’s impeachment trial, which aired multiple allegations of corruption and an extramarital affair, Ms. Paxton, a Republican state senator, sat stoically through the entire proceedings, which she later dismissed in a social media post as “all of...

With just 28 days remaining until he faces off against Republican candidate Ken Paxton, Democrat James Talarico is nowhere to be found. Talarico has not been seen publicly in Texas in over a week, with his last appearance occurring on Saturday, September 26, before he took a fundraising trip to New York City.

President Donald Trump again insulted Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, calling him “a pain in the a**” before wondering aloud, “Is he here, by the way?” The president has used similar lines countless times before, including at his Republican midterm convention in Dallas, where he declared, “He may not dress right. He may not talk exactly perfectly, and he may not be the best-looking guy I’ve ever seen, but you know what he is? He’s the greatest attorney general in America, and he deserves to be your next senator.” His latest remarks came as he returned to Denton, Texas,...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate state Rep. James Talarico has launched a $25 million statewide initiative to reach Black voters six weeks before election day. The initiative is multifaceted and launched as Talarico continues to lead Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the polls. A Real Clear Politics average of multiple recent polls has Talarico beating Paxton by three points. The once strong Republican seat has been labeled toss-up by Real Clear Politics and other organizations. “There is no way to win Texas without sustained, on-the-ground engagement in Black communities,” Talarico said. His campaign’s plan “further solidifies our commitment to organize...

Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times. Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, told a group of conservative donors and lobbyists last week that President Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas had hurt Mr. Paxton politically, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times. The recording, which is muffled at times, captures Mr. Paxton being asked, “Do you feel like he’s a little bit of a drag?” It is not clear from the audio...

Pulse Decision Science poll | 9/24-9/27 LV US Senate Texas 2026 🟥Ken Paxton 48% 🟦James Talarico 45% Tracks polls in upcoming elections. US political news aggregator + posts polls and election results. Occasional political commentary. Non-partisan.

This guy makes the most immature and weird comments while preaching to his far-left church. What a complete flake. November 3rd is going to be a rough day for Texas Democrats. Not even all of their fake voters and cheating is going to push this clown over the finish line. He’s just too weird. Here is James Talarico preaching at his far-left church, St. Andrews Presbyterian, in Austin, Texas. The church posted the video in September 2019. He tells the assembled Christians to follow a prophetic voice like Muhammad, the Dalai Lama, Toni Morrison, or Mr. Rogers. James Talarico: “It...

Attorney General Ken Paxton says he has successfully shut down a Houston “birth tourism” center following his lawsuit against the operation. De’Ai Postpartum Care Center was accused of operating an illegal scheme that imported foreign nationals to give birth for U.S. citizenship. The center catered to Chinese nationals, communicating with clients through Chinese social media and websites. It claimed responsibility for 1,000+ American-born babies. The operation went beyond providing its four residential locations. It “coached foreign nationals on how to evade immigration restrictions, including advising women to apply for visas ‘before pregnancy’ to avoid detection,” according to the Office of...

Outgoing Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said Thursday that he would not vote for Bo French for Texas railroad commissioner following the candidate's "racist comments," which have drawn intense pushback from lawmakers. "He's an embarrassment to the Republican Party, and he's going to drag the whole ticket down because of his racist comments," Cornyn told the Washington Examiner of French, who is running to be Texas' rail commissioner, a statewide position that regulates the state's oil and natural gas production. Cornyn said he was unsure whether he would vote for Democratic candidate Jon Rosenthal: "I may just leave it...

The longtime pastor of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico was recently caught on camera promoting an "inclusive" translation of the Bible that strips the text of gendered language for God, including Jesus' titles as Lord and Son of God. The Rev. Jim Rigby, who has pastored St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) near Austin, Texas, for more than 35 years, discussed The Inclusive Bible with an undercover journalist posing as a prospective new church member, according to video recorded in August and first reported by The Daily Caller. Noting the church typically provides new members with a copy of The...

The House Judiciary Committee, along with the House Administration Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released an interim staff report on ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform. In that report, the Committees found that ActBlue failed to prevent illegal foreign political contributions, and it's being called an "explosive" insight into the organization's practices. Two years ago, the Committees began investigating ActBlue's fraud-prevention practices. In 2024, ActBlue changed its fraud policy twice during the presidential campaign, reportedly implementing "more lenient" standards that let foreign donors and other suspicious donor money flow into U.S. campaigns. Earlier this year, The New...