Trump won this reliably red state by double digits. Now a deadlocked race is bringing him back
Topics: Texas Politics
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- Fox News reports: “A Fox News poll shows Ken Paxton and James Talarico tied at 49% in the Texas Senate race as Trump heads to Lubbock and Corpus Christi to rally GOP voters.”
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