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Ted Cruz's could suffer bruising 'black eye' heading into 2028 with big bet on GOP race

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has thrown himself behind Attorney General Ken Paxton's struggling Senate campaign – a big bet that could backfire on his own presidential ambitions.Politico reported that Cruz has become a "part-time adviser, part-time bundler" for Paxton, who trails Democrat James Talarico in ...

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WATCH: Hasan Piker Reminds James Talarico About His Liberal Puppet Masters: ‘He’s Got to Play Ball’In case you didn't know who controls James Talarico, the upstart Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, just listen to the puppet-masters on the far left.

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Nicolle Wallace floored as Ken Paxton's 'dumpster fire' implodes: 'Worse by the week'MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace was blown away on Monday by the newly leaked audio from Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton, as he struggles against poll after poll showing him down against Democratic opponent James Talarico. "Things are going so badly" for Paxton, said Wallace, that "I almost but not quite feel bad for him. He's running a dumpster fire of a…

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Ken Paxton Texas Senate campaign sees fundraising surgeTexas Senate candidate Ken Paxton said his campaign raised $18 million in the third quarter.

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Probably Not Enough Money to Fix Paxton Campaign, Says MulvaneyMick Mulvaney, former acting chief of staff in the first Trump administration, said Ken Paxton, the Republican contender for the US Senate seat in Texas, is the 'weakest candidate' in this election and that there's 'probably not enough money to fix' him. Mulvaney also weighed in on Paxton's comments to lobbyists blaming the White House for his issues…

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Mass confusion as Ken Paxton ad shows MAGA candidate tearing down missing child flyerA political ad airing nationally for GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton left viewers baffled Monday over a scene that appears to show the Texas attorney general tearing down a missing child flyer. “Yeah I don’t think they thought this through,” quipped Conor Rogers, a D.C.-based Democratic strategist. The ad was funded by Texas PAC, a Senate Republican…

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Big Take: Texas Is Testing the Power of MAGA Inc.’s MoneyAn unpopular Republican Senate candidate in Texas created an opening for a Democratic challenger — and now Trump is playing “red line defense. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Ken Paxton warns donors of 'whopping' spending disparityThe GOP Senate candidate for Texas sent a letter to donors just ahead of early voting, asking for help closing the fundraising gap.

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Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein associate Reid Hoffman bankrolling James Talarico's Texas Senate runA former associate of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is funding Democrat James Talarico's run for the US Senate -- to the tune of at least $11.5 million contributed to a super PAC backing the Texas candidate.

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Paxton hammers Talarico for going 'missing' from campaign trail — and Trump chimes in hilariouslyKen Paxton is mocking his Democrat opponent for seemingly going missing from the campaign trail as Election Day looms. James Talarico, who is competing against Ken Paxton for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, recently stopped appearing in person at campaign events and released a statement saying he had contracted the flu from shaking so many hands. 'No one…

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Ken Paxton Trolls Talarico with ‘Missing’ Posters After 12-Day Flu AbsenceDemocrat James Talarico has been absent from public events for nearly two weeks, drawing attacks from Ken Paxton's campaign.

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'Stop Your Bitching'Tuesday on FNC's "The Ingraham Angle," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) defended Texas Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton and urged fellow Republicans to back him in his bid against Democrat opponent James Talarico. | Clips

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