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  • Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio
    Texas attorney general acknowledged affordability was his party’s ‘biggest problem’ heading into the midtermsUS politics live – latest updatesKen Paxton, the Texas attorney general running as the Republican candidate in a competitive Senate race, admitted privately that rising fuel prices as a result of Donald Trump’s Iran war were hurting his party before the midterms in the latest leaked audio recording.Asked what issues were “dragging” his campaign at a closed-door fundraising event, Paxton r
     

Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio

7 octobre 2026 à 12:36

Texas attorney general acknowledged affordability was his party’s ‘biggest problem’ heading into the midterms

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general running as the Republican candidate in a competitive Senate race, admitted privately that rising fuel prices as a result of Donald Trump’s Iran war were hurting his party before the midterms in the latest leaked audio recording.

Asked what issues were “dragging” his campaign at a closed-door fundraising event, Paxton replied, “It’s not tariffs … it’s the war, it’s gas prices, it’s diesel,” according to an audio recording shared with Axios.

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© Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

© Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Why Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Is Making the Case for His Senate Campaign

7 octobre 2026 à 10:57
Angela Paxton is urging Texas voters to support Mr. Paxton’s Senate campaign, even as she is divorcing him and accusing him of adultery. She has political aspirations of her own.

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Angela Paxton, in a new campaign ad, has encouraged Republicans to vote for her husband, without actually using his name. “In a general election, it’s not as much about the individual players on the team,” she says. “It’s about getting the whole team across the finish line.”
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  • Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign
    ‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private eventKen Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outside forces in Washington DC.Paxton, who is locked in a competitive race with the progressive Democrat James Talarico, told people at a fundraising event in September that he had never felt such little co
     

Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign

5 octobre 2026 à 12:01

‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private event

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outside forces in Washington DC.

Paxton, who is locked in a competitive race with the progressive Democrat James Talarico, told people at a fundraising event in September that he had never felt such little control over his campaign because of outside influence.

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© Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

© Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

Without Saying His Name, Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Tells Texans to Vote For Him

3 octobre 2026 à 21:03
In a new ad, the wife of Ken Paxton, who is divorcing him for alleged adultery, tells Texas voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”

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Angela Paxton, a Texas state senator, appeared in a new ad urging Texans to vote for Republicans, including her estranged husband Ken Paxton.

In Texas, Talarico’s Strength in Senate Polls Inspires a Democratic Dream

3 octobre 2026 à 10:15
After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.

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According to recent polls, James Talarico, a Democratic state legislator, is ahead of his Republican rival, Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, in the race for a U.S. Senate seat.
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