Ken Paxton Says Trump Convention Hurt His Senate Campaign in Leaked Audio
Paxton said the event dropped his numbers, while polls showed Democrats gaining ground after Republicans spent about $50 million, according to The New York Times.
- On Wednesday, The New York Times released audio of Texas Attorney General and GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton privately criticizing President Donald Trump's midterm convention, claiming it damaged his campaign numbers.
- Republicans spent around $50 million on the Dallas convention, which featured lengthy Trump speeches but failed to provide a polling 'bump' for the party or Paxton.
- During a private Washington fundraiser last Thursday, Paxton told attendees the convention 'dropped our numbers,' a claim confirmed by three people with knowledge of the event.
- Adviser Nick Maddux dismissed the report as 'manipulated nonsense,' asserting that Paxton's campaign remains strong and is leading by three points in recent polls.
- Trailing Democratic opponent James Talarico in some polls, Paxton faces a competitive race despite Democrats not winning a statewide Texas race in over three decades.
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‘To be honest with you’: Ken Paxton caught on tape blaming Trump for campaign slump
Ken Paxton has spent years building his political identity around Donald Trump. Now, the Texas Republican Senate candidate has been caught on tape appearing to blame Trump’s midterm convention for a slump in his campaign numbers. “To be honest with you,” Paxton said when asked whether Trump was “a drag,” according to audio obtained by […]
Leaked Audio Catches GOP Senate Nominee Ken Paxton Admitting Trump Convention Hurt Republican Poll Numbers
A leaked recording obtained by The New York Times captures Ken Paxton telling donors that Republican poll numbers fell after a Trump-headlined Dallas convention, a claim his campaign disputes.
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Ken Paxton has been hugging President Trump night on the campaign trail—but in private, he suggested Trump's big Dallas convention dinged his own prospects. In a recording obtained by the New York Times , the Texas Republican nominated for Senateold a small group of donors that "when we did...
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ClevelandEmbattled Republican makes stinging admission against Trump: ‘It dropped our numbers’
Ken Paxton, a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, privately told a group of conservative lobbyists and donors that President Donald Trump’s first-ever GOP midterm convention, which he attended earlier this month, has hurt the attorney general politically, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican candidate for Senate from the Lone Star State, privately told a group of conservative donors and lobbyists that GOP polling numbers suffered as a result of the party’s much-hyped midterm convention in Dallas earlier this month. “To be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that…
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