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Ken Paxton is losing votes in Texas — but not to James Talarico
What happened
Ken Paxton may lose some disaffected Republican votes not to Democratic nominee James Talarico, but to Libertarian Ted Brown. AlterNet, citing The Bulwark’s Lauren Egan and a Texas Democratic strategist close to Talarico’s campaign, reports that Brown could receive 3 or 4 percent in the Texas Senate race as some John Cornyn voters recoil from both Paxton and, potentially, Talarico. That is campaign speculation, not a measured result.
The strategist contrasted that possibility with Texas’s 2018 Senate contest, when the Libertarian candidate received 0.8 percent and Beto O’Rourke…
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