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Ken Paxton branded ‘coward’ as attack backfires with brutal reminder: ‘Sit this one out’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried to turn his Senate opponent's brief disappearance into a scandal, but critics quickly flipped it back on him. Paxton, the Republican Senate nominee in Texas , questioned on Saturday whether Democrat James Talarico really had the flu during his nearly two-week absence, prompting a wave of critics to call him a…

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Republicans are trying to sandbag Ken Paxton — for a bizarre reason: StrategistThe leaks dribbling out daily from Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton's campaign aren't an accident, political strategist Chai Komanduri speculated to MS NOW's Ari Melber on Friday's edition of "The Beat." Rather, he said, they're part of a concerted effort to sink his campaign — for a very roundabout reason. "I know this is not the Joe Rogan Show, so I…

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Willie Nelson, Yo La Tengo Endorse James TalaricoYLT will play a benefit concert for the Texas Senate hopeful in Austin on October 27

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‘Proof of life’ now demanded for Democrat after Mitch McConnell controversyThe nominee hasn't been in person on the campaign trail since Sept. 28.

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Democrats Panic as Star Vanishes From Campaign TrailThe Texas Senate hopeful has been losing precious time ahead of the historic election.

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New leaked audio catches Ken Paxton's wild restaurant tale about vanquished GOP opponentTexas Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately accused outgoing Sen. John Cornyn of trying to sink his campaign, according to new leaked audio from a Washington fundraiser obtained by CNN.“He’s clearly not helping. He wants me to lose,” Paxton, the state’s attorney general, said at the Sept. 24 event. CN...

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Exclusive — Caroline Wren on Talarico’s Absence: ‘If You Can’t Handle the Campaign Trail, You Sure as Hell Can’t Handle the U.S. Senate’Republican strategist Caroline Wren said Saturday that Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico owes voters answers about his extended absence from the campaign trail, questioning whether he could handle the demands of the Senate. The post Exclusive — Caroline Wren on Talarico’s Absence: ‘If You Can’t Handle the Campaign Trail, You Sure as Hell Can’t…

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