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Talarico and Trump Rally Supporters in Texas Senate Race
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In Short: Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico and former President Donald Trump are rallying supporters in the final days of the 2026 election.
In the closing argument of his Senate campaign, Talarico is rallying supporters against the influence of Elon Musk, whom he accuses of bankrolling negative ads and smear campaigns against him.
"We just found out that the richest man in the world is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat the movement that we are building in our state," Talarico said at a rally in Midland, Texas.
Talarico claims that Musk is behind the attack ads and smears targeting him, including text messages and mailers.
"In all likelihood, if you’ve seen an attack ad on your TV, that was Elon. If you’ve gotten lies in your mailbox, that was Elon. If you’ve received a text message saying scary things about me with scary black and white photos, that was Elon too," Talarico said.
Meanwhile, Trump is rallying supporters in Texas to vote for Republican nominee Ken Paxton.
"A vote for Talafreako is a vote to turn Texas into a dirty, failing, third-world country," Trump told the crowd, contrasting that with his support for Paxton.
"There is something happening in the Lone Star State," Talarico told his own crowd.
According to a new N+ Univision/YouGov poll, Talarico leads Paxton with 50% to 45%.
Talarico accused Paxton of wanting open borders and called him a “freak,” while Paxton told the crowd, “The election may depend on West Texas.”
What's confirmed
- A new N+ Univision/YouGov poll released Tuesday showed Talarico at 50% and Paxton at 45%.
- He accused the Democrat of wanting open borders and called him a “freak.” At a separate rally in Lubbock, Talarico called for change and appealed to Democrats, Republicans and independents.
- “We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption crisis. But we can change that in this election,” Talarico said.
- Trump also criticized Talarico over issues including immigration, gun rights, and oil and gas.
What's still developing
- A Democratic majority in the Senate would go a long way toward accountability for Musk, and a James Talarico victory is key to making that majority happen.
- When he isn’t funding attack ads against Talarico, Musk has been filling his social media feed with anti-Talarico posts and using his account to promote hoaxes about the Democrat.
- In the filing, Young alleges that his 1989 hit was played just before President Donald Trump took the stage at a Youngstown, Ohio, rally on Oct. 12, The Hill reported.
- In the filing, Young alleges that his 1989 hit was played just before President Donald Trump took the stage at a Youngstown, Ohio, rally on Oct.
- In a post on social media Tuesday night, State Representative Talarico said 4,000 people attended his rally at the Fiesta Center while Trump spoke at an event across town in support of Talarico's Republican opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
- Trump is hoping to rev up his right-wing MAGA base of loyal supporters to turn out in force to elect Republican Ken Paxton, who is fighting to hang onto the GOP-held seat in a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator in more than two decades.
- Trump spoke at the Port of Corpus Christi before traveling to Lubbock, where he again urged supporters to elect Paxton, the Texas attorney general.
- President Donald Trump rallied supporters at the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, on October 27, 2026, one week before Election Day, to boost Ken Paxton’s U.S.
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