Ken Paxton is the Republican U.S. Senate nominee for Texas.
Posted by Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Checked
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovSep 30, 2026
As of 2026-10-24, multiple sources describe Ken Paxton as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, including a tier1 Reuters report calling him the Republican Senate candidate, a Texas Tribune item calling him the Republican nominee, and Ballotpedia and Wikipedia listing him as the Republican nominee in the 2026 general election against James Talarico.
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What was said
… There we go, um, and if our president could spell United States properly, which we will also get to, um, but I wanna start with the leaked audio heard across the world slash Twitter: uh Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, long time Trump ally. Remember, Trump dipped into the race late, like a week to go, to endorse Paxton, but he had been holding it over John Cornyn's head, and we knew he was gonna go for, ah, the guy who was, ah, impeached by his own party and cheated on …
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters (tier1) describes Paxton as the Republican US Senate candidate in Texas in an October 2026 report on his campaign.[1]
Supports. Ballotpedia lists James Talarico (D) and Ken Paxton (R) as the two main candidates in the November 3, 2026 general election for U.S. Senate in Texas.[2]
Supports. Texas Tribune describes Paxton as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, and Wikipedia states he is the Republican Party nominee in the 2026 Senate election.[3][4]
Context. Sources frame Paxton as the nominee who replaces outgoing Senator John Cornyn, and a tier1 C-SPAN item covers his general-election campaign rally less than two weeks before the election.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 not rated, 1 tier 1
- 1Republicans bet Musk's millions can rescue Texas' Paxton ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2United States Senate election in Texas, 2026ballotpedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Ken Paxton to close Senate run with “Come And Take It” ...texastribune.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Ken Paxtonen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Candidate Ken Paxton (R-TX) Holds Rally in Edinburgc-span.org · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 6Republican Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton made ...facebook.com · not rated · cited for: context
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