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Texas State Senator Angela Paxton released a campaign advertisement urging voters to support the Republican ticket in the tight Senate race between her estranged husband, Ken Paxton, and Democrat James Talarico. While she did not name her husband directly, she encouraged voters to back the entire team. Multiple reports noted the advertisement addresses the ongoing divorce proceedings between the couple.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that Angela Paxton released a new political advertisement urging voters to support the Republican ticket in the Texas Senate race without directly naming her estranged husband, Ken Paxton.
Right-leaning outlets like Breitbart News framed her message as explicitly backing her husband despite their divorce, with some headlines stating she is voting for him. Left-leaning outlets such as The New York Times focused on the awkward dynamic of urging a vote for him while undergoing a divorce and not mentioning him by name.
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Talarico leads Paxton by 2 points in tightening Texas Senate race: Survey
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…
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The estranged wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged voters to stand behind the entire Republican midterm ticket in an ad released Saturday, though she neglected to name Paxton directly.
In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”
Both contenders are airing spots intended to address perceived vulnerabilities.
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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…
Republicans are more than six times more likely to hold an unfavorable view of Paxton than Democrats do of Talarico, the poll found.
Latino Democratic leaders are renewing calls for the Democratic Governors Association to invest more heavily in Texas after a new poll showed Gina Hinojosa narrowly leading Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton urges voters to back the GOP ticket without naming estranged husband Ken Paxton, who faces James Talarico in a tight Texas Senate race.
Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton, the estranged wife of Republican Senate hopeful Ken Paxton, is backing the full GOP ticket in November despite filing for divorce from her husband last year. In an advertisement released Saturday, Angela Paxton said voters had asked for her thoughts about the election. The Republican lawmaker, who represents a suburban ...
Texas State Senator Angela Paxton (R), and the estranged wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton shared that she would be voting Republican down the ballot, explaining that in a general election it's not about "the individual players," but rather "about getting the whole team across the finish line."
Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s estranged wife, Angela Paxton, addressed the “elephant in the room” in a new advertisement and urged Texas Republicans to vote for the GOP ticket regardless of who is on the ballot. “I’m Texas Senator Angela Paxton,” she says in the new ad, which began airing on Saturday. “People have…
As a dozen Republicans gathered for a high-profile event in Washington, DC, hidden among them was a mole.
