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‘Secret underground club’ of Texas suburban women threatens to kneecap Ken PaxtonKen Paxton is losing ground with a crucial bloc of voters in the Houston suburbs, and it could cost Republicans a Senate seat in Texas. Talarico yard signs appear to outnumber Paxton’s in Bridgeland, a sprawling subdivision in the conservative Cypress area, and voters on both sides told The Washington Post that Paxton, the state’s scandal-plagued…
MAGA Senate hopeful pegged as ‘huge scumbag’ by Trump’s own voters: ex-GOP pollsterA former Republican pollster who sits down with Trump voters says one MAGA Senate hopeful has a problem with his own base. Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell said on Tuesday's episode of "The Next Level" that disaffected Trump voters in her Texas focus groups view GOP Senate hopeful Ken Paxton as a "huge scumbag," while Democrat James Talarico comes across…
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…
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…
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…
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…