{"id":475954,"date":"2026-10-25T03:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475954\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T03:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:02:09","slug":"paxton-talarico-rally-central-texas-supporters-as-early-voting-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475954\/","title":{"rendered":"Paxton, Talarico rally Central Texas supporters as early voting continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton visited Georgetown while on the campaign trail for the state\u2019s open U.S. Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds showed up to today\u2019s stop on the \u2018Come and Take it\u2019 tour, ready to hear his message as early voting continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say that Ken Paxton is for Texas values,&#8221; Paxton supporter, Jamie Guiod, said. &#8220;He is for faith, family, and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton visited Georgetown while on the campaign trail for the state\u2019s open U.S. Senate seat. (CBS Austin\/Jane Page)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/79a0d029-7bc3-4962-ae9a-0c56cad653ef-PAXTON1.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton visited Georgetown while on the campaign trail for the state\u2019s open U.S. Senate seat. (CBS Austin\/Jane Page)<\/p>\n<p>Guiod already cast her ballot on Monday, but today she still drove out to Camp Briteside in Georgetown just to hear Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton speak.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees said the rally helped make them feel connected to other supporters in the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just neat to be able to see a group of like-minded people come together and that, you know, our voice matters,\u201d Paxton supporter, Amber Ross, said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"For some, today\u2019s stop on the \u2018Come and Take It\u2019 tour was their first ever political rally. (CBS Austin\/Jane Page)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2dac4354-17e5-4d21-92ab-12a7d5daa354-PAXTON3.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For some, today\u2019s stop on the \u2018Come and Take It\u2019 tour was their first ever political rally. (CBS Austin\/Jane Page)<\/p>\n<p>For some, today\u2019s stop on the \u2018Come and Take It\u2019 tour was their first ever political rally.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Lycan said this was her first political rally and that she&#8217;ll be voting to make sure her voice is heard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/survey-shows-paxton-leading-with-rural-voters-talarico-leading-with-latino-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED | Survey shows Paxton leading with rural voters, Talarico leading with Latino voters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you sit back and don&#8217;t vote, then you just get the consequences,&#8221; Paxton supporter, Barbara Lycan, said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Senate race is shattering spending records in Texas as Republicans fight to keep control of state leadership positions, and of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Paxton\u2019s Democratic opponent, State Representative James Talarico, brought his \u201cClear Eyes, Full Hearts\u201d tour to the Forty Acres on Friday. (CBS Austin\/Jane Page)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/0375cdea-e611-4dc9-bf01-e95cf1cdbabb-TALARICO1.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u2019s Democratic opponent, State Representative James Talarico, brought his \u201cClear Eyes, Full Hearts\u201d tour to the Forty Acres on Friday. (CBS Austin\/Jane Page)<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Democrats are working to win their first statewide race since 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u2019s Democratic opponent, State Representative James Talarico, brought his \u201cClear Eyes, Full Hearts\u201d tour to the Forty Acres on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/talarico-challenges-paxton-to-a-debate-hosted-by-tmz-donald-trump-fox-news-karl-rove-senate?utm_source=spotim&amp;utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&amp;spot_im_redirect_source=pitc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Talarico challenges Paxton to a debate hosted by TMZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His supporters said they appreciate how Talarico is making the race about character, rather than resorting to partisan attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s saying, you know, &#8216;no, look at each candidate individually, and I&#8217;m going to be your senator for Texas, regardless if you&#8217;re Republican or Democrat,'&#8221; Talarico supporter, Brandon Maples, said. &#8220;&#8216;I&#8217;m gonna try to make your life better.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"In doing so, they said Talarico is bringing Texans together, rather than driving them apart. (CBS Austin\/Jane Page)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/d8ff678c-db03-4934-a09a-68c1cade072d-PAXTON2.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In doing so, they said Talarico is bringing Texans together, rather than driving them apart. (CBS Austin\/Jane Page)<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, they said Talarico is bringing Texans together, rather than driving them apart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like that he&#8217;s able to talk to the moderates and kind of speak to the public in a way that&#8217;s not divisive,&#8221; Talarico supporter, Caden Gammon, said. &#8220;That&#8217;s really appealing to me right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early voting continues through October 30th, ahead of Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about what\u2019s on the ballot and polling locations near you head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votetexas.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VoteTexas.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton visited Georgetown while on the campaign trail for the state\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-475954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475954","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=475954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}