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Paxton vs Talarico
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txags92 said:agent-maroon said:
Saw a couple of these yard signs driving through the Lakewood area in Dallas. Maybe it's just me, but this is the most uninspired, just mailing it in political yard sign that I can recall. Feels like they're not even trying. Reminds me of the initial generic product labeling from the 70's
That was EXACTLY the image of a generic product in my brain when I posted!
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OldArmy71 said:
That editorial is not the voice of the Chronicle, it's a "guest editorial" from some radio guy.
NYT has a big article today (paywall) that says its own poll shows a 47-47 tie.
A Tied Senate Race Gives Democrats a Shot in Deep Red Texas, Poll Finds James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker, is tied with Ken Paxton, the Republican state attorney general, according to a New York Times/Siena poll.Quote:
There were several signs of weakness for Mr. Paxton in the poll.
A majority of likely Texas voters see Mr. Talarico as having good character and the right moral values, but not Mr. Paxton. Mr. Paxton, a MAGA firebrand who spearheaded the legal efforts to reject the 2020 presidential election results and celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 by declaring the date an annual holiday for his office, was also more likely to be viewed as "too extreme" than Mr. Talarico.
Mr. Paxton has failed to attract some voters who otherwise said they would like to see a Republican-controlled Senate. On the question of which party they preferred to be in power in the Senate, 50 percent of likely voters in Texas favored Republicans, while 44 percent favored Democrats.
Mr. Talarico is winning 61 percent of Hispanic voters less than two years after Mr. Trump carried that community in Texas in the 2024 election.
A massive gender gap is shaping the contest, with women backing Mr. Talarico by 18 percentage points and men backing Mr. Paxton by a roughly the same margin a chasm even bigger than in the 2024 presidential race.
And Mr. Paxton begins the general election with voters viewing him far more dimly than Mr. Talarico.
Only 38 percent of likely Texas voters said Mr. Paxton had "good character," compared to 56 percent who said the same of Mr. Talarico.
Mr. Talarico
Mr. Paxton
Mr. Trump
NYT doesn't like titles huh? State Rep Talarico, State AG Paxton, and PRESIDENT Trump
The thing about a State Rep... Only the most hardcore state politics watchers know who he is. He's had a few commercials. Oh look at the nice fella walking a bag of groceries to the truck talking about grocery prices. That's ALL the average poll respondant knows of Talarico.
Kenneth_2003 said:OldArmy71 said:
That editorial is not the voice of the Chronicle, it's a "guest editorial" from some radio guy.
NYT has a big article today (paywall) that says its own poll shows a 47-47 tie.
A Tied Senate Race Gives Democrats a Shot in Deep Red Texas, Poll Finds James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker, is tied with Ken Paxton, the Republican state attorney general, according to a New York Times/Siena poll.Quote:
There were several signs of weakness for Mr. Paxton in the poll.
A majority of likely Texas voters see Mr. Talarico as having good character and the right moral values, but not Mr. Paxton. Mr. Paxton, a MAGA firebrand who spearheaded the legal efforts to reject the 2020 presidential election results and celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 by declaring the date an annual holiday for his office, was also more likely to be viewed as "too extreme" than Mr. Talarico.
Mr. Paxton has failed to attract some voters who otherwise said they would like to see a Republican-controlled Senate. On the question of which party they preferred to be in power in the Senate, 50 percent of likely voters in Texas favored Republicans, while 44 percent favored Democrats.
Mr. Talarico is winning 61 percent of Hispanic voters less than two years after Mr. Trump carried that community in Texas in the 2024 election.
A massive gender gap is shaping the contest, with women backing Mr. Talarico by 18 percentage points and men backing Mr. Paxton by a roughly the same margin a chasm even bigger than in the 2024 presidential race.
And Mr. Paxton begins the general election with voters viewing him far more dimly than Mr. Talarico.
Only 38 percent of likely Texas voters said Mr. Paxton had "good character," compared to 56 percent who said the same of Mr. Talarico.
Mr. Talarico
Mr. Paxton
Mr. Trump
NYT doesn't like titles huh? State Rep Talarico, State AG Paxton, and PRESTIDENT Trump
The thing about a State Rep... Only the most hardcore state politics watchers know who he is. He's had a few commercials. Oh look at the nice fella walking a bag of groceries to the truck talking about grocery prices. That's ALL the average poll respondant knows of Talarico.
YEAH. PRESTIDENT!
fixed....
That's what i get for trying to reach across my lunch to type!
That's what i get for trying to reach across my lunch to type!
Kenneth_2003 said:
fixed....
That's what i get for trying to reach across my lunch to type!
Just messing with you.
You "hit the nail on the head."
I'll say it again, anyone supporting this sorry ass "y chromosome" is a fool, a radical liberal (also a fool) or ******ed.
I'll say it again, anyone supporting this sorry ass "y chromosome" is a fool, a radical liberal (also a fool) or ******ed.
agent-maroon said:
Saw a couple of these yard signs driving through the Lakewood area in Dallas. Maybe it's just me, but this is the most uninspired, just mailing it in political yard sign that I can recall. Feels like they're not even trying. Reminds me of the initial generic product labeling from the 70's
It's black and white, like the BETO signs of 2018, meant to appeal to liberals and POC, according to a strategist with the Cruz campaign. It's a secret, shall we say, "dog whistle," for the not-whiteys.
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Paxton has some work to do to win his election for all of us Rs. Yet, instead of campaigning, he's headed to Iceland to romp around with a hot blonde apparently.
Talarico is making some talking points out of this:
I wish the Republican running for US Senate from Texas was campaigning in Texas, not Iceland!
Hey @KenPaxtonTX that's not your wife pic.twitter.com/FS0YVC0Gkm
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2026
Instead of hitting the campaign trail to court voters in the hotly contested US Senate race in Texas over Fourth of July, MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton is on a trip with his mistress in Iceland https://t.co/nMJeOMbPK3 đź”— pic.twitter.com/YOzasCPGWL
— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) June 29, 2026
Quote:
Married Texas Republican caught on video with mistress on secret romantic getaway: See his telling reaction when he spots camera amid crucial election clash
Instead of hitting the campaign trail to court voters in the hotly contested US Senate race in Texas over the Fourth of July, MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton is on a trip with his mistress in Iceland, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Exclusive videos and pictures show the married Texas attorney general and his mistress traveling in economy from Washington, DC, to Iceland on Saturday.
Footage of the Lone Star State politician and the woman he has carried on an affair with showed the lovebirds boarding their flight at Dulles International Airport Saturday night and taking a red-eye to Reykjavik.
The Daily Mail first exposed the sordid affair between Paxton, 63, and Tracy Duhon, 58, in September, revealing Paxton and the Christian influencer and mom of seven became romantically involved in May 2024 after meeting at the Kentucky Derby.
Duhon was then married to a millionaire car dealership mogul from Louisiana but has since divorced.
Paxton was then and is still married to Texas State Senator Angela Paxton, who learned of the affair and filed for divorce last year on ' biblical grounds.'
Several passengers on the same United flight bound for the Land of Fire and Ice recognized the scandal-plagued Republican as he boarded the flight with his lover Saturday night.
'They were clearly together, but they weren't overly affectionate,' one fellow passenger told the Daily Mail, who asked us to withhold her name.
Via Daily Telegraph
Read more on smry.ai
Talarico is making some talking points out of this:
Ken Paxton was impeached for taking bribes from donors.
— James Talarico (@jamestalarico) June 30, 2026
He became a multi-millionaire on a government salary.
He takes lavish vacations in Iceland while Texans can’t afford the basics.
Ken Paxton doesn’t serve us — he serves himself. https://t.co/TihiDo3c3j
I wish the Republican running for US Senate from Texas was campaigning in Texas, not Iceland!
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Every post you make reads like was put out by the Talarico campaign.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
WE DON'T GIVE A FLYING **** WHO PAXTON IS SLEEPING WITH.
Stop the press!!! Man goes on vacation with his girlfriend!!
Stop the press!!! Man goes on vacation with his girlfriend!!
Rapier108 said:
Every post you make reads like was put out by the Talarico campaign.
I am pointing out that Paxton is overconfident and headed to Iceland with a hot blonde instead of campaigning in a contest that's tied with a weirdo democrat. With this lack of work ethic, Paxton is going to lose and I'm not going to appreciate the outcome. We have a bad, lazy candidate running for US Senate. Time to call it out and state the obvious.
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He ain't losing. Won't happen
Gaeilge said:
WE DON'T GIVE A FLYING **** WHO PAXTON IS SLEEPING WITH.
Yeah. but married moms who vote in purple suburban areas that circle the major metros in Texas do and there are more of them that vote than folks like you or me.
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No one is campaigning in person over a short week with a holiday weekend. Something tells me he's probably going to be in DC on the 4th as well
sanangelo said:
Paxton has some work to do to win his election for all of us Rs. Yet, instead of campaigning, he's headed to Iceland to romp around with a hot blonde apparently.Hey @KenPaxtonTX that's not your wife pic.twitter.com/FS0YVC0Gkm
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2026Instead of hitting the campaign trail to court voters in the hotly contested US Senate race in Texas over Fourth of July, MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton is on a trip with his mistress in Iceland https://t.co/nMJeOMbPK3 đź”— pic.twitter.com/YOzasCPGWL
— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) June 29, 2026Quote:
Married Texas Republican caught on video with mistress on secret romantic getaway: See his telling reaction when he spots camera amid crucial election clash
Instead of hitting the campaign trail to court voters in the hotly contested US Senate race in Texas over the Fourth of July, MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton is on a trip with his mistress in Iceland, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Exclusive videos and pictures show the married Texas attorney general and his mistress traveling in economy from Washington, DC, to Iceland on Saturday.
Footage of the Lone Star State politician and the woman he has carried on an affair with showed the lovebirds boarding their flight at Dulles International Airport Saturday night and taking a red-eye to Reykjavik.
The Daily Mail first exposed the sordid affair between Paxton, 63, and Tracy Duhon, 58, in September, revealing Paxton and the Christian influencer and mom of seven became romantically involved in May 2024 after meeting at the Kentucky Derby.
Duhon was then married to a millionaire car dealership mogul from Louisiana but has since divorced.
Paxton was then and is still married to Texas State Senator Angela Paxton, who learned of the affair and filed for divorce last year on ' biblical grounds.'
Several passengers on the same United flight bound for the Land of Fire and Ice recognized the scandal-plagued Republican as he boarded the flight with his lover Saturday night.
'They were clearly together, but they weren't overly affectionate,' one fellow passenger told the Daily Mail, who asked us to withhold her name.
Via Daily Telegraph
Read more on smry.ai
Talarico is making some talking points out of this:Ken Paxton was impeached for taking bribes from donors.
— James Talarico (@jamestalarico) June 30, 2026
He became a multi-millionaire on a government salary.
He takes lavish vacations in Iceland while Texans can’t afford the basics.
Ken Paxton doesn’t serve us — he serves himself. https://t.co/TihiDo3c3j
I wish the Republican running for US Senate from Texas was campaigning in Texas, not Iceland!
I love how all these stories bring up that HE'S MARRIED!!!!!
They've been separated/in divorce proceedings since 2024.
He doesn't have to remain single/celibate all the way up until his damn divorce is finalized you *******s...
You can turn off signatures, btw
Did she divorce him?
Rapier108 said:
Every post you make reads like was put out by the Talarico campaign.
It probably is...
You can turn off signatures, btw
sanangelo said:
Paxton has some work to do to win his election for all of us Rs. Yet, instead of campaigning, he's headed to Iceland to romp around with a hot blonde apparently.Hey @KenPaxtonTX that's not your wife pic.twitter.com/FS0YVC0Gkm
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2026Instead of hitting the campaign trail to court voters in the hotly contested US Senate race in Texas over Fourth of July, MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton is on a trip with his mistress in Iceland https://t.co/nMJeOMbPK3 đź”— pic.twitter.com/YOzasCPGWL
— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) June 29, 2026Quote:
Married Texas Republican caught on video with mistress on secret romantic getaway: See his telling reaction when he spots camera amid crucial election clash
Instead of hitting the campaign trail to court voters in the hotly contested US Senate race in Texas over the Fourth of July, MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton is on a trip with his mistress in Iceland, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Exclusive videos and pictures show the married Texas attorney general and his mistress traveling in economy from Washington, DC, to Iceland on Saturday.
Footage of the Lone Star State politician and the woman he has carried on an affair with showed the lovebirds boarding their flight at Dulles International Airport Saturday night and taking a red-eye to Reykjavik.
The Daily Mail first exposed the sordid affair between Paxton, 63, and Tracy Duhon, 58, in September, revealing Paxton and the Christian influencer and mom of seven became romantically involved in May 2024 after meeting at the Kentucky Derby.
Duhon was then married to a millionaire car dealership mogul from Louisiana but has since divorced.
Paxton was then and is still married to Texas State Senator Angela Paxton, who learned of the affair and filed for divorce last year on ' biblical grounds.'
Several passengers on the same United flight bound for the Land of Fire and Ice recognized the scandal-plagued Republican as he boarded the flight with his lover Saturday night.
'They were clearly together, but they weren't overly affectionate,' one fellow passenger told the Daily Mail, who asked us to withhold her name.
Via Daily Telegraph
Read more on smry.ai
Talarico is making some talking points out of this:Ken Paxton was impeached for taking bribes from donors.
— James Talarico (@jamestalarico) June 30, 2026
He became a multi-millionaire on a government salary.
He takes lavish vacations in Iceland while Texans can’t afford the basics.
Ken Paxton doesn’t serve us — he serves himself. https://t.co/TihiDo3c3j
I wish the Republican running for US Senate from Texas was campaigning in Texas, not Iceland!
Lavish vacations in Iceland. That's an oxymoron if I've ever heard of one.
The Notre Dame jacket that he is wearing may be the most egregious part of that whole thing.
Talarico has no comment tho on Ro Khanas 10 year olds owning golf courses or the ny d senators 22 year old getting 30 million for his hedge fund. Frauds, all of them.
sanangelo said:Gaeilge said:
WE DON'T GIVE A FLYING **** WHO PAXTON IS SLEEPING WITH.
Yeah. but married moms who vote in purple suburban areas that circle the major metros in Texas do and there are more of them that vote than folks like you or me.
Newsflash. They are voting for Talarico regardless. There is absolutely nothing Talarico nor Paxton could do to change that fact. They also won't be enough to push him to victory.
The Paxton's split the sheets as far back as 2018. It's just being finalized now.
Has no one ever known an unhappy couple that stayed together for "reasons" when they, and probably everyone close to them, would have been happier had they just got it over with?
Doesn't matter and I don't care. I vote against the Hate America party regardless without hesitation.
As far as the blonde is concerned..............................
Has no one ever known an unhappy couple that stayed together for "reasons" when they, and probably everyone close to them, would have been happier had they just got it over with?
Doesn't matter and I don't care. I vote against the Hate America party regardless without hesitation.
As far as the blonde is concerned..............................
closest race since beto was cruz +8 against allred. you think paxton wins by more than 8?Teslag said:Old McDonald said:paxton's nomination gives the dems a puncher's chance in what should be a comfortably safe seat for republicans. this will be the closest senate race texas has seen since 2018.sanangelo said:
It's over unless Paxton can turn this around:12%
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) June 25, 2026
That’s the percentage of independents saying they would vote for @KenPaxtonTX over @jamestalarico in that @TxPolProject poll.
That is insanely low. Cruz was at 33% with those voters in June 2024 and 25% in June 2018 against Beto O’Rourke who came 219K votes from winning pic.twitter.com/9QvpPQTiIP
No, it won't. Recent polling momentum has been with Paxton as the state sees what a lunatic fruitcake HIV+ Talarico is. This was probably the year you actually had a punchers chance and you wasted it running that idiot.
Gaeilge said:
No one is campaigning in person over a short week with a holiday weekend. Something tells me he's probably going to be in DC on the 4th as well
Such a poor little soy boy!
Old McDonald said:Teslag said:Old McDonald said:sanangelo said:
It's over unless Paxton can turn this around:12%
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) June 25, 2026
That’s the percentage of independents saying they would vote for @KenPaxtonTX over @jamestalarico in that @TxPolProject poll.
That is insanely low. Cruz was at 33% with those voters in June 2024 and 25% in June 2018 against Beto O’Rourke who came 219K votes from winning pic.twitter.com/9QvpPQTiIP
paxton's nomination gives the dems a puncher's chance in what should be a comfortably safe seat for republicans. this will be the closest senate race texas has seen since 2018.
No, it won't. Recent polling momentum has been with Paxton as the state sees what a lunatic fruitcake HIV+ Talarico is. This was probably the year you actually had a punchers chance and you wasted it running that idiot.
closest race since beto was cruz +8 against allred. you think paxton wins by more than 8?
Allred is a lot of things, but gay soyboy isn't/wasn't one of them.
I'd think it's possible for a double-digit win against Talarico, sure.
He had a right to take a vacation before it gets to major campaigning time. A lot of politicians travel for pleasure and how does Talarico know he's not spending his own funds. Talarico went to California to ask for funds so he left Texas too.
sanangelo said:
Paxton has some work to do to win his election for all of us Rs. Yet, instead of campaigning, he's headed to Iceland to romp around with a hot blonde apparently.
Talarico is making some talking points out of this:
I wish the Republican running for US Senate from Texas was campaigning in Texas, not Iceland!
Why do you run and hibernate and wait for the next anti Paxton tweet? Is it just trolling?
The baby murdering and trans your kids party and their media arm really want everyone to be appalled that Paxton's divorce isn't finalized yet. Excuse me if I can't find a single solitary f to give about Paxton having a girlfriend when he's been estranged and separated from his wife for a long time.
And about leaving the state for a vacation? Tularco left the state to avoid voting on bills in the state house- his one job as a state rep.
And about leaving the state for a vacation? Tularco left the state to avoid voting on bills in the state house- his one job as a state rep.
Ag with kids said:
I love how all these stories bring up that HE'S MARRIED!!!!!
They've been separated/in divorce proceedings since 2024.
He doesn't have to remain single/celibate all the way up until his damn divorce is finalized you *******s...
lol at a " Lavish vacation in Iceland ". They drive around the place and tent camp. Ken is probably doing surveillance to see if we should seize Iceland.
Paxton is shown with his gal on vacation. Let's see Talarico on vacation with his…
Paxton is shown with his gal on vacation. Let's see Talarico on vacation with his…
He would not know what to do with a woman
Who?mikejones! said:
Did she divorce him?
Yes. She filed in July 2025. The public court hearing that was supposed to happen a week ago was cancelled because "both parties have made substantial progress towards an amicable settlement without the need for a public trial".
I suspect this trip was planned for after his divorce hearing was supposed to happen. It may not be final, but it is close enough that this is just another mountain being made out of a molehill. I spent last week and yesterday working outside in the heat. If I were 99% divorced and had the choice between going to Iceland with a hot blonde or spend July 4th sweating my balls off in Texas, I know what I would choose
Has anybody ever looked into whether Cornyn has a Texags handle? If I had three guesses at what it is, my first one would be sanangelo. He seems SERIOUSLY butthurt about everything Paxton...
txags92 said:
Has anybody ever looked into whether Cornyn has a Texags handle? If I had three guesses at what it is, my first one would be sanangelo. He seems SERIOUSLY butthurt about everything Paxton...
Its a troll, notice it drops a grenade then runs away to await more false or out of context tweets to post.