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Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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For weeks, Vice President JD Vance has been road-testing unfounded, innuendo-based salvos against James Talarico.
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James Talarico Was Targeted by False Rumor He Was in Ohio

The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.

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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is trying to defeat Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, in one of this year’s top races.
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James Talarico Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Texas After 10-Day Absence

Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with “a nasty case of the flu.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, had not appeared in public before Friday since Sept. 29.
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Why Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Is Making the Case for His Senate Campaign

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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Top Super PAC for Senate Democrats Raises Record $151 Million in Third Quarter

Democratic Senate candidates have generally out-raised Republicans, but are struggling to match outside spending from Trump-affiliated groups.

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The Senate Majority PAC, which is led by close allies of Senator Chuck Schumer, raised $151 million in the third quarter.
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