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Democratic Texas Senate nominee James Talarico announced a record-breaking fundraising haul of $64 million for the third quarter. Meanwhile, the closely watched race against Republican Ken Paxton continues to attract massive campaign spending and focus on key issues like border security.
Outlets across the political spectrum report on the high-profile nature of the Texas Senate race and James Talarico's historic fundraising numbers.
Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian and The New York Times emphasize the immense influx of outside money from figures like Elon Musk and the historic scale of the race. Center and right-leaning outlets, such as Fox News and the Washington Examiner, focus more on Talarico's positioning regarding border security and his distance from progressive figures like Bernie Sanders.
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Talarico says Biden ‘failed’ Texas by not securing border
Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico (D) raised criticism with the Biden administration’s immigration policies during a town hall Wednesday evening. The Democratic nominee branded himself as a “border security Democrat” during the event, which was co-hosted by CNN and Jubilee. “Both political parties have failed us on this issue,” he told the crowd in Fort…
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Source context: Elon Musk has spent $158m in a month to back Republicans in midterm races – with his efforts mostly focused on TexasTens of millions of dollars are pouring into Texas as Democrats stage an audacious bid to win a US Senate seat in the Republican stronghold.Elon Musk, the world’s r…
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Elon Musk has spent $158m in a month to back Republicans in midterm races – with his efforts mostly focused on TexasTens of millions of dollars are pouring into Texas as Democrats stage an audacious bid to win a US Senate seat in the Republican stronghold.Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, is among those wading into the closely watched race as…
Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico’s campaign says it raised $64 million in the third quarter of 2026, a staggering haul that would set a new record.
The amount is the most that a Senate candidate has ever raised during that period, his campaign said, eclipsing his opponent in Texas, Ken Paxton.
The GOP Senate candidate predicted how the party will fare in the state legislature in the audio clip shared by Rolling Stone.
The Republican nominee for Senate vents to lobbyists in recordings obtained by Rolling Stone
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Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico (D) raised criticism with the Biden administration’s immigration policies during a town hall Wednesday evening. The Democratic nominee branded himself as a “border security Democrat” during the event, which was co-hosted by CNN and Jubilee. “Both political parties have failed us on this issue,” he told the crowd in Fort…
The Talarico campaign said that brings his total fundraising to $134 million since he announced his candidacy last year.
Alex Latcham, Senate Leadership Fund executive director, says Republicans need to unite in Texas around Senate Candidate Ken Paxton. Latcham speaks at a Bloomberg.com subscriber-only event held in Washington. (Source: Bloomberg)
Democrats have not won statewide in Texas since 1994 or a U.S. Senate race there since 1988, but James Talarico is making the state competitive.
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Senate Democratic candidate James Talarico on Wednesday confirmed he will not be attending Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) rally in Texas, denoting his campaign’s battle to avoid alienating more moderate voters as he fights to flip the seat in November. Sanders, arguably the most famous progressive nationwide, is rallying in El Paso on Monday as part…
Democratic Texas Senate nominee James Talarico raised $64 million in the third quarter, the largest third-quarter haul of any Senate candidate in history. Talarico raised more than…
James Talarico slams Joe Biden on border security in a new ad, but a 2019 interview shows he called to slash Texas' entire $800 million budget.
Talarico raised record-breaking amounts of money
