2023 impeachment<\/a> by the Republican-led Texas House on allegations of corruption and abuse of office, including accusations that he used his position to benefit a political donor. He was acquitted after a Senate trial.<\/p>\nArticle continues below this ad<\/p>\n
Talarico also said Paxton\u2019s net worth has increased dramatically since he entered public office and that Paxton owns 15 homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard enough to get 15 homes in a game of Monopoly,\u201d Talarico said.<\/p>\n
Talarico, a state representative from Austin, contrasted his political career and Paxton\u2019s legal troubles.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a legislative record. Ken Paxton has a criminal record,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the choice in this election.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paxton was indicted on felony securities fraud charges in 2015, accused of misleading investors in a technology company. He denied wrongdoing and reached an agreement with prosecutors in 2024 to pay restitution, perform community service and complete ethics training. The charges were dismissed in 2025 without a conviction.<\/p>\n
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Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate nominee, at his bus tour stop Saturday in Rockwall.<\/p>\n
Shafkat Anowar\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n
Saturday in Rockwall, Paxton portrayed the election as a fight against far-left extremists, while his campaign has accused Talarico of being beholden to national Democrats and wealthy Silicon Valley donors rather than Texas voters.<\/p>\n
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Talarico calls the campaign\u2019s final two weeks \u201cClear Eyes, Full Hearts,\u201d a reference to the television series \u201cFriday Night Lights,\u201d about a Texas high school football team. The phrase comes from a coach\u2019s locker room speech in which he stresses character as much as athletic ability.<\/p>\n
Talarico also emphasized the divide between ordinary Texans and wealthy political donors. He singled out Elon Musk, who contributed at least $158 million to a Republican super PAC which then directed that amount to another group backing Paxton.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to send a clear message to the world\u2019s first trillionaire,\u201d Talarico said. \u201cTexas is not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n
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State Rep. James Talarico at his rally Sunday in Plano.<\/p>\n
Smiley N. Pool\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n
Talarico has sought to appeal to independents and Republicans dissatisfied with Paxton and the direction of their party.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis election shouldn\u2019t be about the Democratic Party or the Republican Party,\u201d he said. \u201cThis election should be about chasing a vision of what our state can be.\u201d<\/p>\n
He told the crowd of several hundred at Red Tail Pavilion that the race would be tough but that his supporters would prevail.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s that moment in every game, the last play of the last drive, when you have to leave it all on the line,\u201d Talarico said. \u201cPlano, we are in that moment. In the final days of this election, they are coming at us with everything they\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate, at a rally Sunday in Plano. Smiley N. Pool\/The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161,287,140185,91241,90463],"class_list":["post-470443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-politics","tag-tp-james-talarico","tag-tp-ken-paxton","tag-tp-texas-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470443","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=470443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}