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Musk's Texas lifeline helps bolster Ken Paxton, GOP in midterms
Paxton, a Texas attorney general with a history of scandals, has narrowly trailed Democrat James Talarico in polls.
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Can Ken Paxton outrun a trail of scandal to win US Senate seat in ruby-red Texas?
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Talarico’s Texas-sized opening: Paxton can’t unite Republican vote
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Can Ken Paxton outrun a trail of scandal to win US Senate seat in ruby-red Texas?
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Musk's Texas lifeline helps bolster Ken Paxton, GOP in midterms
Center Right · Washington Examiner
Talarico’s Texas-sized opening: Paxton can’t unite Republican vote
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Can Paxton Outrun Scandals To Win in Ruby-Red Texas?
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The GuardianCenter Left
Can Ken Paxton outrun a trail of scandal to win US Senate seat in ruby-red Texas?
The Republican state attorney general appears uniquely ill-chosen as a candidate – but he is a political survivor who could yet frustrate Democratic dreamsDepending how you look at the situation, it is either predictable that Ken Paxton, Texas’s attorney general and Republican candidate for US Senate, is struggling in the polls – or impressive that he is…
Salon.comLeft
Elon Musk is the donor behind Senate Republicans’ massive rescue mission for Ken Paxton
Musk transformed Texas’ U.S. Senate race with a massive cash infusion to the Senate GOP’s main outside group
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NewsNationCenter
Musk's Texas lifeline helps bolster Ken Paxton, GOP in midterms
Paxton, a Texas attorney general with a history of scandals, has narrowly trailed Democrat James Talarico in polls.
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Washington ExaminerCenter Right
Talarico’s Texas-sized opening: Paxton can’t unite Republican vote
Republican Ken Paxton heads into the final stretch of his pivotal Senate race without having closed a GOP enthusiasm gap that’s complicating his path to victory and the party’s control of the upper chamber. Near-unanimous support for Democrat James Talarico within his party and a sizable chunk of GOP crossovers offer a window into the…
RealClearPoliticsCenter Right