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James Talarico challenges Ken Paxton to Fox News debate
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American politician (born 1989)
James Dell Talarico is an American politician, Presbyterian seminarian, and educator serving since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He is the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas.
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Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the 51st attorney general of Texas since 2015. He is the Republican Party nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Texas.
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The Fox News Channel (FNC), often referred to as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City. Owned by the Fox News Media subsidiary of Fox Corporation, as of 2022, it is the most-watched cable news network in the United States, and as of 2023, it generates approximately 70% of its parent company's pre-tax profit. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.
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James Talarico, the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Texas, challenged his opponent — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — to a debate on Fox News while speaking at the annual Texas Tribune Festival, a journalism convention, on Thursday. “Let’s go to Ken Paxton’s safe space,” Talarico said at the event.…
Democrat James Talarico poses for a photo in a Texas flag button down. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico continues to surge in the polls,