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Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix

Talarico's campaign moved his Lubbock event to a hall holding up to 2,300 people, less than three miles from Trump's rally for Paxton; the prairie dogs abstained.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Overnight
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Photo: James Talarico
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTexas Senate rivals James Talarico and Ken Paxton held dueling rallies in Lubbock tonight, on either side of a city park full of prairie dogs, with President Trump in town for Paxton.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA Fox News poll has them tied at forty-nine percent among likely voters.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTalarico told his crowd, "I know we're not the only show in town tonight, so I appreciate all four thousand of you."

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTrump won Lubbock County sixty-nine to twenty-nine in twenty twenty-four, and Democrats are chasing a thirty-two-year statewide losing streak.

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The story so far

  1. Scoop: Trump enlists football stars for final midterm push in Texas · Axios
  2. DOJ sues Alaska over two Dan Sullivans on the Senate ballot · The Conversation
  3. Trump blasts Senate for not making daylight saving permanent · New York Post
  4. Trump to accept Venezuelan oil tanker during Texas visit · Washington Examiner
  5. Trump heads to Texas in midterm campaign blitz · Washington Examiner
  6. Trump shows off Venezuelan oil tanker, floats 51st state · The Guardian
  7. Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix (this story)

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