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<\/p>\nWhile Republicans were taking aim at Talarico inside the convention, Talarico was taking aim at Paxton outside it.<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2014 U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton did not have a primetime spot on Wednesday to address the Republican midterm convention, but he still used the venue to fire up the GOP base and attack his Democratic opponent, James Talarico.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is the most radical Democrat in Texas history, but he’s also the most well-funded. And that’s why today I need your prayers, your votes, and your support. If we lose Texas, we lose the common-sense revolution,\u201d Paxton told the convention.<\/p>\n
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In fact, Talarico\u2019s name became a common punchline throughout the night from other presenters.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere in Texas we have James – God is non-binary, we have six genders, we need to dismantle capitalism – Talarico,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill, Texas Congressional District 26.<\/p>\n
Then U.S. Rep. Tim Scott from South Carolina said Democrats have nominated a \u201cweird\u201d candidate. The crowd booed after Scott said \u201cJames Talarico.”<\/p>\n
But while Republicans were taking aim at Talarico inside the convention, Talarico was taking aim at Paxton outside it.<\/p>\n
At a food drive in Oak Cliff, WFAA asked Talarico whether Paxton\u2019s RNC appearance helps or hurts the Democratic campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile corrupt politicians like Ken Paxton are partying with their billionaire mega donors down the street at the billionaire ball, my campaign has collected 20,000 pounds of groceries for working Texans. The contrast in this race could not be more stark,\u201d Talarico told WFAA.<\/p>\n
A new survey out Wednesday shows Talarico leading Paxton by 5-points, 48% to 43%.<\/p>\n
N+ Univision polled 1,000 Texas voters. The results track with a number of other recent polls.<\/p>\n
But Talarico still claims he\u2019s the underdog in the competitive U.S. Senate race.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t believe the polls anymore and the only poll that matters is on Election Day. I’m going to be the underdog until the last vote is counted,\u201d Talarico added.<\/p>\n
Republicans in Dallas don\u2019t see Talarico as the underdog but instead, a political threat.<\/p>\n
The first night of the RNC midterm convention made clear just how worried the GOP is about Talarico\u2019s rising popularity with Texas voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Republicans were taking aim at Talarico inside the convention, Talarico was taking aim at Paxton outside it.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-431487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}