RonSupportsYou19m ago
"Some political figures are so thoroughly awash in scandal that writing about them feels redundant, like issuing a weather report during a hurricane. Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, is one such figure":
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-paxton-problem?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true #politics #TXsen
The Paxton Problem

The GOP is in a bad twist about its own nominee.

The Status Kuo
Leah McElrath7h ago
Houston Chronicle endorses early for James Talarico: #TXsen

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RonSupportsYou10h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116652182250604615

Team Talarico: "Ken Paxton kept an alleged pedophile off the sex offender registry. Adam Hoffman was supposed to serve 25 years to life, but instead he served less than a month. As of this week, he’s now back on our streets because of Ken Paxton’s corruption. Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America, and it is costing Texans, it’s endangering our children, and it must end. The Epstein class has no place in Texas."
#ethics #injustice #TXsen #politics

RonSupportsYou10h ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton "apparently struck a sweetheart deal last month that allowed an alleged pedophile to walk free":
https://www.jezebel.com/ken-paxton-plea-deal-pedophile-adam-hoffman-one-day-misdemeanor-sex-offender
#ethics #injustice #TXsen #politics
Ken Paxton's Runoff Day Comes 24 Hours After His Plea Deal Let an Alleged Pedophile Walk Free

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

Jezebel
Show threadwdhughes.bsky.social15h ago
400,000 #Republican voters stayed home in the runoff. What do they do in #November? 0% cross over: Paxton +315K (~3.3 pts) 15% cross over: Paxton +254K (~2.7 pts) 30% cross over: Paxton +193K (~2.0 pts) #txsen #Paxton #Texas2026 npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5835292/texas-senate-runoff-takeaways

Texas general election matchup...
Show threadwdhughes.bsky.social15h ago
The model doesn't capture suburban college-educated women (energized), an October Paxton scandal (he has the raw material), or national Dem money flooding in. Talarico is the real deal. Go give him money. #Talarico #txsen #Texas2026 secure.actblue.com/donate/jt-tx...

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Show threadwdhughes.bsky.social15h ago
Texas hasn't had a Democratic governor since Ann Richards — the best governor this state has had in 50 years. Democrats govern better. Not an opinion. A track record. Texas voters are about to get a chance to remember that. #AnnRichards #txsen #Texas2026 www.texasobserver.org/ann-richards...

Ann Richards’ Legacy Is a Ligh...
Ann Richards’ Legacy Is a Light for Dark Times

The One Ann Only, a new collection of photographs and quotes, captures the unforgettable singularity of Texas’ last Democratic governor.

The Texas Observer
wdhughes.bsky.social15h ago
All three scenarios: Paxton wins. But all are closer than 2018. The best case is the tightest Texas Senate race in a generation. This doesn't flip on its own. Democrats have to fight like hell. #txsen #Texas2026 #Talarico

Talarico leads both Cornyn, Pa...
Talarico leads both Cornyn, Paxton in new polls of Texas’ U.S. Senate race

The Austin Democrat, who won his party’s nomination in March, led Cornyn and Paxton in two successive polls, though he did not crack 50%.

The Texas Tribune
Show threadwdhughes.bsky.social15h ago
@actblueorg.bsky.social is suing #Paxton in federal court. He opened an investigation into the platform the day after the #Talarico fundraising surge made headlines. He has never investigated #WinRed, the #Republican equivalent. #Paxton #Talarico #txsen www.texastribune.org/2026/04/20/k...

Ken Paxton sued by Democratic ...
Democratic donor platform ActBlue countersues AG Ken Paxton alleging a politically motivated attack

Paxton filed a lawsuit against ActBlue in late April, claiming the platform allows improper donations from people outside the United States and those who have already hit the mandated donor limits.

The Texas Tribune
Show threadwdhughes.bsky.social15h ago
More LLM model inputs: #youth turnout +20%, #Latino vote reversal overshooting back to Dems, 2024 regression to 2020's R+5.6 baseline, fundraising at 2018 #Beto equivalent. I think #Dems flood this race with money. Not counting on it. #txsen #Texas2026

Buyer's remorse hits Trump's L...
Buyer's remorse hits Trump's Latino voters

Will Latino buyer's remorse flip the House in '26?

Axios