Paxton vs Talarico [See Staff Note in OP]

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10:35p, 10/6/26
Talarico, one of satans minions out to destroy America and Western Civilization. Pure evil.
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In reply to Old McDonald • 10:37p, 10/6/26
Yougov lol.
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10:42p, 10/6/26
Yea Talarico believes in God being nonbinary and 6 genders

Goofy ****
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11:41p, 10/6/26
Paxton's terrible campaign is hurting down-ballot Republicans in polls

Inside irony: The terrible Paxton campaign is expected to drag down the Republicans down ballot, like Republican members of the Texas House. all of them are up for re-election since their term is 2 years.

That sorry RINO Dustin Burrow, the speaker of the Texas House (elected by Demcrats) is getting millions from Paxton funder Tim Dunn to shore up the Republican majority in the Texas House. Also, Jeff Yass, the PA billionaire who paid Abbott gobs of cash to oust 20 Texas House rural Republicans is donating millions to the same effort led by RINO Burrow.

But Burrows is a RINO, right?

via quorumreport.com:
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School voucher supporter pours $3 million into Speaker Burrows operation as GOP Texas House members scramble to outperform Paxton

Jeff Yass joins Tim Dunn in funding Burrows' GOP incumbents in tough races; at the top of the ticket, the governor is burning through historic amounts of cash only to be essentially tied or behind his Democratic opponent in the polls

Editor's Note: James Russell's breakdowns of the campaign cash flowing in legislative races have been a favorite of QR readers for years. He's outdone himself this time digging into what's on the reports in the races being watched most closely at Quorum Report Headquarters: Buzz Central in Austin. Your feedback is always welcome including anything you think we might have missed SB

We've come full circle.

Trial lawyers and Tim Dunn Dunn through his Texans United for a Conservative Majority (TUCM) are walking hand in hand in a number of the contested Republican-held districts this cycle with Speaker Dustin Burrows following behind with his leadership PAC Texas Conservative Majority. And Burrow's largest contributor is now, at a whopping $3 million, Pennsylvania megadonor Jeff Yass, the school voucher supporter who fueled Gov. Greg Abbott's scorched earth campaign against fellow Republicans two years ago.

In other words, those who bankrolled nasty primary challenges to incumbent Republicans are now on the hook for defending the new more ideologically-driven majority against insurgent Democrats who have the wind at their backs thanks to the historically low approval ratings of President Donald Trump. Remember, nearly all GOP Texas House members last year were bragging about being endorsed by Mr. Trump in exchange for their votes in favor of school vouchers. Now, many of the same lawmakers are running commercials and handing out campaign literature focused on their "pro-public education" voting records.

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12:23a, 10/7/26
Who was that guy in LA running for mayor? Spencer Pratt? This ad is in Pratt's wheelhouse.

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In reply to sanangelo • 12:51a, 10/7/26
sanangelo said:
Who was that guy in LA running for mayor? Spencer Pratt? This ad is in Pratt's wheelhouse.



Even though I am voting for Paxton that was funny.
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3:53a, 10/7/26
Pjmedia has more speculation around why the Low-T campaign has benched him since his latest NYC fundraiser.
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So why would a Senate campaign bench its own candidate in the closing weeks of the race? From where I sit, there are two likely explanations for Talarico's campaign going dark.

The first is that his campaign is afraid he'll say something disturbing again. Lash month, video caught Talarico answering a question about who his favorite drag queen is.

In the video, Talarico didn't even hesitate before answering, "Oh, my gosh. Probably Alyssa Edwards."
Alyssa Edwards is the stage name of Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, a performer who has described himself as "a drag performer that works with children," and who has spent years advocating for youth drag shows. Johnson has openly discussed sharing the stage with the child dancers he trains himself
In other footage, he contradicted his own attempts to disavow his past radical statements.

"My positions haven't changed," Talarico said. "I will fight for trans kids in the Senate the same way I fought for trans kids in the legislature."

Clearly, a candidate who stays out of sight can't hand the opposition new material.

Last month it was announced that CNN would host Talarico for a town hall event in which Talarico
would answer questions from anchor Erin Burnett and audience members. It is not clear whether that event is still happening.

The second explanation for Talarico's disappearance is that the campaign is bracing for a damaging story to break. Under this theory, the cleared schedule buys his team time to prepare a response and keeps reporters from cornering him before it lands.

Whatever the cause, the basic math of a campaign hasn't changed. The final month is when candidates want every camera, every stage, and every handshake they can get. With a month to go before the election, pulling the candidate from the trail is odd and, at the least, reflects panic over something.

"The more Texans learn about James Talarico's radical plan to eliminate oil and gas, raise taxes, and force sex changes on kids, the more they realize they want nothing to do with him," RNC spokesman Zach Kraft told PJ Media. "No wonder he is running scared and hiding from Texans."

What new scandal could possibly come out at this point about what he has said/done? I think they are just hiding him from more damaging statements like the favorite drag queen.
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In reply to Old McDonald • 4:24a, 10/7/26
Old McDonald said:
TAMU1990 said:
for those counting at home, that's three straight polls of talarico hitting 50%


How valid is a poll in Texas that has 300 more Harris voters than Trump voters? That's not quality polling, I don't care what you do with weighting.

Two years ago Rasmussen (one of the few that was accurate through the entire cycle) was mocking pollsters like YouGov, predicting that they would spend October shifting from polls saying, "HARRIS IS GONNA WIN!" to polls saying "Trump is gonna win" so they could salvage some credibility for future elections. He was of course right and it looks like it worked.
"The goal of socialism is communism." - Vladimir Lenin
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In reply to LOYAL AG • 4:35a, 10/7/26
Yougov, marist, and Fox News polls are the worst of the worst, though there are a handful of others that try to rank down there with them.

ETA, wow, just another indicator:

ETA2: apparently LowT now also has claimed to have the flu (again?), explaining his absences.

Is he sickly, possibly immuno-compromised/HIV positive? I don't know anyone who has contracted the flu this year so far, but I also don't know anyone hanging out with so many disgusting Manhattan/Hollywood vermin as he does.
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In reply to nortex97 • 6:58a, 10/7/26
I didn't have "Freako has the AIDS" as the October surprise but it seems reasonable.

I may first reaction on the cancelling events is that they are huddling in advance of bad news coming out. I doubt it's HIV and thinking it's going to be either a past relationship, a video from the vault or something squirrely with the campaign financings.

Taking several days to get your talking points in order 30 days out seems to be a shaky move.
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In reply to nortex97 • 7:13a, 10/7/26
nortex97 said:
Yougov, marist, and Fox News polls are the worst of the worst, though there are a handful of others that try to rank down there with them.

ETA, wow, just another indicator:

ETA2: apparently LowT now also has claimed to have the flu (again?), explaining his absences.

Is he sickly, possibly immuno-compromised/HIV positive? I don't know anyone who has contracted the flu this year so far, but I also don't know anyone hanging out with so many disgusting Manhattan/Hollywood vermin as he does.


Lmao jfc the things you guys come up with
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In reply to pollo hermanos • 7:21a, 10/7/26
pollo hermanos said:
nortex97 said:
Yougov, marist, and Fox News polls are the worst of the worst, though there are a handful of others that try to rank down there with them.

ETA, wow, just another indicator:

ETA2: apparently LowT now also has claimed to have the flu (again?), explaining his absences.

Is he sickly, possibly immuno-compromised/HIV positive? I don't know anyone who has contracted the flu this year so far, but I also don't know anyone hanging out with so many disgusting Manhattan/Hollywood vermin as he does.


Lmao jfc the things you guys come up with


Almost as crazy as claiming to be a conservative but actively supporting someone who wants parents arrested for not transitioning their kids, thinks there are 6 genders, wants the government to sponsor abortion clinics, thinks prisons should be abolished, that capitalism is an "oppressive system" tied to white supremacy, and that the O&G industry is "not gonna last."
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In reply to nortex97 • 7:32a, 10/7/26
nortex97 said:
Yougov, marist, and Fox News polls are the worst of the worst, though there are a handful of others that try to rank down there with them.

ETA, wow, just another indicator:

ETA2: apparently LowT now also has claimed to have the flu (again?), explaining his absences.

Is he sickly, possibly immuno-compromised/HIV positive? I don't know anyone who has contracted the flu this year so far, but I also don't know anyone hanging out with so many disgusting Manhattan/Hollywood vermin as he does.


No, he's just not used to working. That's all.
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In reply to sanangelo • 7:36a, 10/7/26
The polls are no good - weighted heavily with Dems.
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In reply to pollo hermanos • 7:37a, 10/7/26
pollo hermanos said:
nortex97 said:
Is he sickly, possibly immuno-compromised/HIV positive? I don't know anyone who has contracted the flu this year so far, but I also don't know anyone hanging out with so many disgusting Manhattan/Hollywood vermin as he does.


Lmao jfc the things you guys come up with

Well I'm pretty damn sure he's gay, and seems sickly, and the homosexual population has a much higher incidence of HIV than the rest of the population. It's a fair question imho. Or, maybe it's 'just' monkeypox.

Journalists should demand his campaign answer whether he has ever been tested/tested positive. I don't think Low-T has ever been filmed donating blood, despite being a nominally healthy young man.
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In reply to nortex97 • 7:43a, 10/7/26
That pic is the face of Monkeypox no doubt.

But seriously, the dude is such a fraud. Jasmine would have at least been entertaining.
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7:44a, 10/7/26
Well, there's something I can finally agree with the Talafreako campaign on…he's sick.
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In reply to nortex97 • 8:16a, 10/7/26
nortex97 said:
pollo hermanos said:
nortex97 said:
Is he sickly, possibly immuno-compromised/HIV positive? I don't know anyone who has contracted the flu this year so far, but I also don't know anyone hanging out with so many disgusting Manhattan/Hollywood vermin as he does.


Lmao jfc the things you guys come up with

Well I'm pretty damn sure he's gay, and seems sickly, and the homosexual population has a much higher incidence of HIV than the rest of the population. It's a fair question imho. Or, maybe it's 'just' monkeypox.

Journalists should demand his campaign answer whether he has ever been tested/tested positive. I don't think Low-T has ever been filmed donating blood, despite being a nominally healthy young man.


lol I assume great trolling. Pretty funny.
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8:19a, 10/7/26
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In reply to Barnyard96 • 8:28a, 10/7/26
Barnyard96 said:
Has he really not been seen in 11 days?

Not weird at all. Perfectly normal. Paxton has no chance. It's done.
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In reply to Gigem314 • 8:35a, 10/7/26
Gigem314 said:

Not weird at all. Perfectly normal. Paxton has no chance. It's done.
Probably need to see if he's making appearances in China. He would do more to represent the Chinese Communist Party than Texans. They're undoubtedly donating to his campaign.
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In reply to pollo hermanos • 8:35a, 10/7/26
pollo hermanos said:
nortex97 said:
pollo hermanos said:
nortex97 said:
Is he sickly, possibly immuno-compromised/HIV positive? I don't know anyone who has contracted the flu this year so far, but I also don't know anyone hanging out with so many disgusting Manhattan/Hollywood vermin as he does.


Lmao jfc the things you guys come up with

Well I'm pretty damn sure he's gay, and seems sickly, and the homosexual population has a much higher incidence of HIV than the rest of the population. It's a fair question imho. Or, maybe it's 'just' monkeypox.

Journalists should demand his campaign answer whether he has ever been tested/tested positive. I don't think Low-T has ever been filmed donating blood, despite being a nominally healthy young man.


lol I assume great trolling. Pretty funny.


I just assume he's doing what he did when he was in the Texas house and running away from his job.
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In reply to Gigem314 • 8:35a, 10/7/26
I mean, they going to have to respond to this or its just going to get worse.

I have no idea the validity
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In reply to Barnyard96 • 8:37a, 10/7/26
Barnyard96 said:


There




Where is Ken Paxton? Never see him.
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In reply to Barnyard96 • 8:38a, 10/7/26
Barnyard96 said:
I mean, they going to have to respond to this or its just going to get worse.

I have no idea the validity


Is it known by the general public? Paxton puts out Twitter and commercials in venues where he has the vote.
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In reply to Tex100 • 8:40a, 10/7/26
Tex100 said:
Where is Ken Paxton? Never see him.
Paxton actually has a job. I'm assuming he goes to work everyday. He's worked hard for Texans in his job.

Do you know something we don't?
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In reply to Tex100 • 8:41a, 10/7/26
Tex100 said:
Barnyard96 said:


There




Where is Ken Paxton? Never see him.


I certainly hope thats the official response from the Freako campaign office
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In reply to pollo hermanos • 8:44a, 10/7/26
No it's a real concern. And monkeypox is similar initially to flu symptoms. I went ahead and looked it up: according to 'DDG Assist/Chat GPT Luma':
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Monkeypox often causes a rash and flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion within 21 days of exposure. The rash can appear anywhere on the body, including the face, hands, feet, chest, mouth, genitals, or anus, and may look like pimples or blisters before scabbing over.

With supportive care, mpox rashes usually heal over 24 weeks. Treatment can ease pain and other symptoms, but it doesn't necessarily make the rash clear faster; the lesions crust, scabs fall off, and new skin forms. You can still spread mpox until every lesion has healed and the scabs have fallen off.

If your rash is worsening, looks infected, or involves your eyes, mouth, genitals, or anus, contact a healthcare provider.

If he has facial rashes they definitely will need to keep him hidden, possibly for another 2 weeks. 95% of the infections in NYC (where he last was, despite lying about a Dallas urgent care visit that night) were/are men.

Texans deserve to know.
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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 8:46a, 10/7/26
Ellis Wyatt said:
Tex100 said:
Where is Ken Paxton? Never see him.
Paxton actually has a job. I'm assuming he goes to work everyday. He's worked hard for Texans in his job.

Do you know something we don't?
. Looks to me like he's hiding. Hope he wins. It actually shouldn't take much to beat a candidate as bad as Talarico.
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8:47a, 10/7/26
Talarico was probably just planning and getting all his preparations ready for his big October 7th Anniversary celebration.
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In reply to Sq 17 • 8:56a, 10/7/26
Sq 17 said:
Hitting 50% is considered magic of course if the poll is improperly weighted it is less valid

What is the Libertarian candidate expected get because if it's 4% the magic number becomes 48%
thats part of the math behind 50% in polling being highly correlated with a victory. the libertarian will peel off 1-2% of the vote so the target to win is 49ish%; 50% gives the candidate a little breathing room.
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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 8:57a, 10/7/26
Ellis Wyatt said:
Gigem314 said:

Not weird at all. Perfectly normal. Paxton has no chance. It's done.
Probably need to see if he's making appearances in China. He would do more to represent the Chinese Communist Party than Texans. They're undoubtedly donating to his campaign.
Is the Texas Senate race another proxy Russia China war?
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In reply to Charpie • 8:57a, 10/7/26
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i subscribe to the conspiracy theory that cornyn has a mole in paxton's campaign who keeps leaking these embarrassing audios
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