James Talarico campaigns for Texas U.S. Senate seat after winning Democratic nomination.
James Talarico won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas in March. Ken Paxton won the Republican runoff on May 27, defeating Senator John Cornyn. Talarico has spent the spring fundraising and unifying Democrats ahead of the November general election.
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16 outlets covered it, splitting into 15 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
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The split, in one line
Right escalates personal attacks on masculinity and past comments to define Talarico, while left pivots to Paxton's corruption scandals and emphasizes Talarico's fundraising momentum as Democrats' best Senate opportunity.
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Broad agreement on what happened
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THE LEFT
“Talarico walks back comments on religion and gender after Paxton's win”ABC ABC News LEFT-CENTER
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THE RIGHT
“What has Talarico done with his two months as the only official Texas Senate nominee?”WE Washington Examiner RIGHT
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“How the Talarico-Paxton race could play out” · The Hill, Politico, Bloomberg, PBS NewsHour, Axios
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CNNCNN First on CNN: James Talarico endorses in House runoff to try to block Democrat who made antisemitic remarks 60d ago TNew York Times As Republicans Battled in the Runoff, Talarico Sought to Unify Democrats 55d ago NPRNPR What it means to be a man is a theme in Texas Senate race as Paxton attacks Talarico 51d ago LEFT-CENTER3
CBSCBS News Talarico: Paxton "clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption" 54d ago NBCNBC News James Talarico says he 'missed the mark' on 'cringey' comments as Texas general election starts 54d ago ABCABC News Talarico walks back comments on religion and gender after Paxton's win 54d ago CENTER5
HThe Hill Bannon says Paxton beating Talarico in Texas will be 'very tough' 54d ago PPolitico 'Pretty damn bullish': Democrats have high hopes for Paxton-Talarico showdown 55d ago BLBloomberg Paxton, Talarico to Battle for US Senate Seat 54d ago PBSPBS NewsHour Talarico targets Paxton's scandals in Texas Senate race, pivoting from his sunny primary message 53d ago AAxios How the Talarico-Paxton race could play out 53d ago RIGHT5
WEWashington Examiner What has Talarico done with his two months as the only official Texas Senate nominee? 54d ago BBreitbart Van Hollen: Dems Should Invest in the Texas Senate Race, Talarico Is 'Terrific' 61d ago DWDaily Wire James Talarico Is Already Running From His Past Self 54d ago WTWashington Times Republicans vow to make Talarico 'unrecognizable' before summer is out 45d ago NMNewsmax Ken Paxton's Fmr Lawyer Backs Dem Talarico in Texas Race - Newsmax 42d ago 7 tracked claims across 16 outlets
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Talarico's campaign is attracting crowds of tens of thousands and expanding support beyond the Democratic base.
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