Gabby Birenbaum
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Paxton was supposed to have his final pre-Election Day campaign stop Monday at the Alamo, but his campaign put out an Eventbrite for Allen (roughly 300 miles from the Alamo) that evening.
There is a San Antonio event listed for tomorrow evening, but it's isn't near the Alamo.
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New ad from Brandon Herrera on Big Bend, saying he pushed back against DHS to stop construction in the park --- touting a break with admin
Herrera, the Republican in #TX23#, has said he won't vote for any appropriations bills that don't guarantee no construction in the park
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Elon Musk's America PAC drops another $6 million into the #TXSen# race, bringing its total there to over $40 million.
Adding the contributions fueling SLF's spending, Musk has likely spent north of $220 million to try to drag Paxton across the finish line.
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we've passed the "this cartion of milk expires after Election Day" part of the cycle and entered the meteorologist phase
Widespread precipitation is forecast for Election Day, with the heaviest activity centered over the Ozarks and rain extending across portions of the Great Plains, Midwest, and Texas.
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Interesting data point from the TSU survey — 98% of people who have a favorable opinion of Jasmine Crockett are voting for Talarico. But among people who have a favorable opinion of John Cornyn, Paxton is only winning 68%.
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President Trump tonight on Sen. Jon Husted: "But I made the mistake of studying his anatomy and explaining it to the audience, and the audience loved it. By the way, he went up 12 points that day. He went from being down to being up. Maybe I should do that with Ken Paxton, but I'm not sure your body is going to qualify."
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Rep. Monica De La Cruz positioning herself as the outsider and Bobby Pulido as part of South Texas’ establishment + corruption, noting his uncle was a former Hidalgo County DA: “Here’s the choice: an outsider or a corrupt political machine?”
#TX15#
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Move over Tarrant County.
Collin County is the newest Texas political bellwether — and it just so happens to be the home county of Ken Paxton.
Dems think this could be the first year they win there.
via @birenbomb
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MCKINNEY — Talarico’s path to victory may require doing what no federal Democrat has done since 1970, when Lloyd Bentsen defeated George H.W. Bush in his first Senate run: win Collin County.
Inside the changing politics of a fast-growing county:
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New ad from Texas PAC (SLF) for the final week attacks Talarico on the border, using his quote that there should be a "giant welcome mat out front" and ft Brooks County sherriff
(Full version of the quote is "giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door")
#TXSEN#
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Bill Clinton calls Pulido a “prudent fighter for South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley” in an endorsement video #TX15#
Thank you, President Clinton, for standing with South Texas! Let's get it done💪🇺🇸
A deep dive into the Latino vote in Texas, and why many both suspect a swing towards Democrats is coming and caution against assuming it's durable
SCOOP: State Sen. Angela Paxton gave a speech to a group of GOP women Friday entitled "The Elephant in the Room", encouraging them to vote for the party "even if we're mad at them"
Paxton didn't mention her estranged husband or the Senate race by name
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INBOX: Ken Paxton reveals a data center plan:
- prohibit use of Chinese tech in American data centers
- hold data center companies criminally liable if they enable AI chatbots that endanger children
- cosponsor Sen. Cotton's DATA Act
- support Abbott's state plan re: data centers
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Left: Part of a letter Sen. John Cornyn sent DHS Sec Mullin asking the department to meet with local leaders in the Big Bend region before proceeding with construction in the park
Right: James Talarico commending Cornyn for the move
Full Cornyn letter:
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