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Brita Wallace of @TXReasSolutions on NIMBYism from DFW municipalities: “they don’t want multifamily developments going outside of areas where they’ve determined it make sense.”
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@SteveKapustka discusses a recent "circuit split" between federal appeals courts over guns and how the U.S. Supreme Court could weigh in.
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“We’re not poor,” he continues. “We might be broke, but there’s a big distinction because tomorrow we’re gonna make it.” He says that the characterization of the GOP as the party of the rich made them more appealing to Hispanics because they wanted to be rich too. “Us as Democrats need to show people that we can also be successful, but we can also treat people right.”
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TPOR poll | 9/19-9/22 LV
Texas statewide races 2026 (full poll)
US Senate
🟦James Talarico 49%
🟥Ken Paxton 44%
🟨Ted Brown 2%
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Governor
🟥Greg Abbott 50% (incumbent)
🟦Gina Hinojosa 46%
🟨Pat Dixon 2%
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Lt. Governor
🟥Dan Patrick 47% (incumbent)
🟦Vikki Goodwin 44%
🟨Anthony Cristo 2%
🟩Kevin McCormick 1%
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Attorney General
🟥Mayes Middleton 46%
🟦Nathan Johnson 43%
🟨Tom Oxford 2%
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Railroad Commissioner
🟥Bo French 45%
🟦Jon Rosenthal 44%
🟨Neil Snider 1%
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Comptroller
🟥Don Huffines 46%
🟦Sarah Eckhardt 43%
🟨V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza 1%
🟩Shehla Faizi 1%
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Agriculture Commissioner
🟥Nate Sheets 46%
🟦Clayton Tucker 44%
🟨Austin Kelly 2%
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Land Commissioner
🟥Dawn Buckingham 46% (incumbent)
🟦Benjamin Flores 43%
🟨Neil Snider 1%
TPOR poll | 9/19-9/22 LV
Texas statewide races 2026
US Senate
🟦James Talarico 49%
🟥Ken Paxton 44%
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Texas Governor
🟥Greg Abbott 50% (incumbent)
🟦Gina Hinojosa 46%
Link to poll: texaspublicopinionresearch.s…
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On gun control, Talarico says he believes “everyone has a god given right to bear arms, to protect themselves and their families, but also supports “background checks, closing the gun show loophole, red flag laws and safe storage laws.” Notable absence: an assault weapons ban.
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Talarico closes by saying “I know there’s an attempt from the other side to paint me as inconsistent… the position I’m fighting for today is the same” as what he fought for in the state legislature. He notes that he was first elected to a R district.
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Long lines and a packed house, 25 minutes before @jamestalarico is scheduled to take the stage.
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On black voter outreach, Talarico says “without sharing every line item of our budget… we are spending an unprecedented” amount of money to reach black voters. He says that he hopes to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and increase funding for HBCUs.
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When asked how he would convince a pro-life voter to support him, Talarico said to look at his record in the state house building consensus. He adds that while he’ll never agree with anyone 100% of the time, “I will always be honest with them, I will always be accessible to them, and I will always fight for them even if they don’t vote for me.”
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