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Ken Paxton reveals GOP polling 'dropped' after midterm convention: NYT
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So, just to recap: Trump brings Republicans to Texas for a convention designed to help Republican candidates, like Ken Paxton. Then Paxton privately says his poll numbers dropped after said convention. And at the convention, the president is essentially doing a roast of his own Senate candidate’s wa…
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Leaked D.C. fundraiser audio captures Ken Paxton saying the Dallas GOP convention 'dropped our numbers'; his campaign cites an internal poll with him up three.
In a leaked audio recording, Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately admitted that President Donald Trump’s disastrous midterm convention in Dallas hurt Republican candidates.
Paxton’s comments about the convention are notable because of how closely he has aligned himself in public with Trump, who pushed for the unusual midterm gathering.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in the Lone Star State, has said that the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas hurt him politically. “So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton privately told donors and lobbyists in Washington, D.C., last week that the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention hurt “everybody’s numbers,” including his own.
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton privately said that the Republican National Convention (RNC) midterm convention hurt his Senate bid, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Audio […]
The audio was initially leaked to and confirmed by The New York Times. A senior advisor to Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Paxton calls the audio “manipulated nonsense”...
GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton told donors at a fundraiser that President Trump’s midterm convention had hurt him politically ahead of the midterm elections.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the chairman of Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, said Ken Paxton was “just wrong” to suggest President Donald Trump’s visit to Texas in September was a drag on his candidacy. “The truth of the matter is, President Trump and the midterm convention was a boost in the right dire…
President Donald Trump denied hearing leaked audio of Ken Paxton, the Republican Texas Senate nominee, complaining that the Republican National Committee midterm convention did not help boost his campaign against Democrat James Talarico.
Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton reportedly told donors that "everybody's numbers are down" after a midterm convention in Dallas that touted both Paxton's campaign and President Trump's record.
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately disparaged President Donald Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas and said it hurt him politically, according to an audio recording published by The New […]
So, just to recap: Trump brings Republicans to Texas for a convention designed to help Republican candidates, like Ken Paxton. Then Paxton privately says his poll numbers dropped after said convention. And at the convention, the president is essentially doing a roast of his own Senate candidate’s wa…
This week, GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton privately admitted that Donald Trump’s midterm convention in Texas was a serious problem for the state’s Republican candidates. Asked about this, Trump unleashed a long, tortured monologue , and it was revealing.
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