Paxton and Talarico tussle for Texas Senate seat as Trump campaigns virtually
Topics: Texas Politics
2 outlets (PBS NewsHour and ABC News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 2 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Both headlines use “virtually”, “Talarico”, “Senate”, “seat”. Distinct wording: PBS NewsHour uses “campaigns”; ABC News uses “campaign” and “instead”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- PBS NewsHour reports: “The closing sprint in Texas comes as early voting nears its conclusion in several states. Early balloting totals were approaching 50 million heading into the weekend. About 112 million voted in tot…”
- ABC News reports: “President Donald Trump is taking time off from the in-person campaign trail for virtual rallies”
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- PBS NewsHour: Paxton and Talarico tussle for Texas Senate seat as Trump campaigns virtually
- ABC News: Paxton and Talarico tussle for Texas Senate seat. Trump to campaign virtually instead of in person
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