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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue on July 22, 2026 in Austin, Texas. The discussion comes as data centers have emerged as a major political issue in Texas, with Gov. Greg Abbott calling for stronger oversight of their expansion. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Talarico leads Paxton in new poll

Gabby Birenbaum - The Texas Tribune
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Talarico: Paxton committed voter fraud

Zach Despart - The Texas Tribune
A women's health clinic chain in Houston was shut down while its founder Maria Margarita Rojas becomes the first person charged under the state's new near total abortion ban. A civil case overturned the clinics' closings, but the criminal case against Rojas continues. (Jon Shapley / Houston Chronicle / Getty Images)

Court: TX didn't prove abortion claims

CK Smith
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Dems want Ken Paxton election probe

Zach Despart - ProPublica
Ken Paxton (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Suing Biden fueled Paxton’s rise

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune
Senator Ted Cruz speaks during a campaign event on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Houston. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Cruz warns Talarico has "real chance"

Renzo Downey - The Texas Tribune
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Paxton may have violated election law

Zach Despart - ProPublica
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks in Dallas on Dec. 19, 2025. (Omar Vega/Getty Images)

Can anyone win in Texas?

Kayla Guo - The Texas Tribune
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall on June 7, 2026 in Portland, Maine. (Laura Brett/Getty Images)

Why do scandal-plagued candidates win?

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talarico launches his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Sept. 9, 2025, in Round Rock, Texas. ( Brandon Bell/Getty Images))

Texas PAC targets squeamish Republicans

Kayla Guo - The Texas Tribune
Ken Paxton, the Texas GOP Senate nominee, has a long list of scandals (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Texas shows the rot is deeper than Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Texas GOP wants to know what makes a man

Shefali Luthra - The 19th
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the state's Republican Senate primary (Stewart F. House/Getty Images))

Trump will regret endorsing Ken Paxton

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (L) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Chitose Suzuki / The Dallas Morning News)

The Texas runoff stakes aren’t so high

Russell Payne
In his campaign for the U.S. Senate, Texas state Democratic Rep. James Talarico wants to "fundamentally change our politics." (Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Poll: James Talarico leads in Texas race

Gabby Birenbaum - The Texas Tribune
In his campaign for the U.S. Senate, Texas state Democratic Rep. James Talarico wants to "fundamentally change our politics." (Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Dems should go all-in on Talarico

Jason Kyle Howard
Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will advance to a May 26 run-off to determine the Lone Star State's GOP Senate nominee (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Danielle Villasana / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary shows MAGA loves a villain

Amanda Marcotte
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Brandon Bell / RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

Texas sues Tylenol for dumbest reason

Amanda Marcotte
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears at a pretrial hearing in his securities fraud case before state District Judge Andrea Beall in the 185th District Court Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Harris County Criminal Courts at Law in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Paxton bribery suit against Beto falters

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune
Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Getty Images)

Do Texas maps offer hope to Dems?

Russell Payne
Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Getty Images)

Texas House passes Trump-approved maps

Alex Galbraith
The Texas State Capitol is seen during a Texas Senate flooding committee hearing at the State Capitol. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas court could remove nuclear option

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune
Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP "weaponizing" FBI against Texas Dems

Blaise Malley
Sen. John Cornyn (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Cornyn to FBI: Help return Texas Dems

Alex Galbraith
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