Berk Kutay G\u00f6kmen<\/p>\n
22 October 2026\u2022Update: 22 October 2026<\/p>\n
Two members of one of Texas\u2019 most prominent Republican families have voiced support for Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, highlighting divisions within a political dynasty long associated with the Republican Party.<\/p>\n
Barbara Bush, the daughter of former US President George W. Bush, donated $2,500 to Lone Star Rising PAC, a political action committee supporting Talarico, according to its third-quarter 2026 filing with the Federal Election Commission.<\/p>\n
The contribution was dated Sept. 23, Houston Public Media reported.<\/p>\n
Her uncle, Neil Bush, also publicly endorsed Talarico, saying in a Facebook post that he had voted for the state representative in the race against Republican Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n
Bush said his decision stemmed from concerns about Paxton\u2019s record as Texas attorney general and admiration for Talarico\u2019s approach to public service.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see in him the qualities I admire most in public servants: integrity, civility, humility, and a willingness to listen to those with whom he disagrees,\u201d Bush wrote.<\/p>\n
He criticized Paxton\u2019s efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election in other states, calling them an affront to democratic institutions and the peaceful transfer of power.<\/p>\n
Paxton was impeached by the Republican-controlled Texas House in 2023 but acquitted by the Texas Senate.<\/p>\n
Bush also expressed concern that loyalty to individual political leaders had taken precedence over principle within the Republican Party while emphasizing that he continued to value traditional Republican ideals.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharacter matters more than party affiliation,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berk Kutay G\u00f6kmen 22 October 2026\u2022Update: 22 October 2026 Two members of one of Texas\u2019 most prominent Republican…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[108312,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-472784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-sitekeywords","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472784","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=472784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}