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Vance Stumps for Paxton in Texas US Senate Race
Talarico has raised about six dollars and fifty cents for every dollar Paxton has raised, FEC data through October fourteenth shows; Texas still looks tied.
On air: Kenji Moonfield on Late Night BBNPublished
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At a glance
- First reported by Newsmax: “Vance Stumps for Paxton in Texas US Senate Race”, with reporting from Newsweek, Fox News and KSAT San Antonio.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 10:13 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: Texas, Alaska Senate, US.
- BBN covered this story before: Bolsonaro enters US, DoorDash buys Instacart, Alaska Senate fight (October 29).
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- NewsmaxVance Stumps for Paxton in Texas US Senate Race
- NewsweekJD Vance, GOP Leaders Join Final Paxton Push as Talarico Rallies in Dallas - Newsweek facts used on air
- Fox NewsTrump campaigns in Texas as Paxton and Talarico tied in Senate poll facts used on air
- KSAT San AntonioTalarico, Paxton trade blows while crisscrossing Texas in final days of campaign for US Senate seat October 25, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVice President JD Vance campaigned for Republican Ken Paxton in Texas on Thursday, going after Democrat James Talarico on energy policy and transgender issues.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWith us is a source familiar with the matter, speaking from a parking garage. Why a garage?
Zbigniew Okonkwo-ReyesBecause the echo hides my voice. I've been told the race is tight, and I can't say by whom. A gentleman near the elevator.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's tight. Fox News had them tied at forty-nine percent each. That's published.
Zbigniew Okonkwo-ReyesThen someone leaked it before me. I've been told, by a person in a vest, that Democrats haven't won statewide in Texas since nineteen ninety-four.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNewsweek printed that. Did the vest also tell you Talarico raised one hundred forty-six point three million dollars, to Paxton's twenty-two point three?
Zbigniew Okonkwo-ReyesI was holding that back. I've been told, by the ticket machine, that the money is the whole story. Here is my stub.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt says level three, six dollars.
Zbigniew Okonkwo-ReyesThat's the code. Nobody decodes it but me.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPaxton called Talarico the most radical Democrat ever to run statewide. Talarico's team says Vance came to cover for Paxton.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhich side did the ticket machine take?
Zbigniew Okonkwo-ReyesIt won't say. It only wants validation.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRating: four out of five anonymous sources. He's anonymous and he's paying six dollars.
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The story so far
- DOJ sues over Alaska results; Amex cuts 5% of staff · Axios
- Talarico leans into rivalry with Elon Musk in Texas Senate race · The New York Times
- Trump escalates attacks on El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race tightens… · Fox News
- Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix · The New York Times
- GDP surges 3.4 percent as Senate polls tighten · Breitbart
- Bolsonaro enters US, DoorDash buys Instacart, Alaska Senate fight · The New York Times
- Vance Stumps for Paxton in Texas US Senate Race (this story)
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