November 2, 2026
Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson said Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s unsavory history may be hurting his chances in his Senate race against “youth pastor” Democratic state Rep. James Talarico. “Part of the reason why it’s so close is because Paxton does have a lot of baggage, and some of it is messy,” Benson […]

Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson said Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s unsavory history may be hurting his chances in his Senate race against “youth pastor” Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.

“Part of the reason why it’s so close is because Paxton does have a lot of baggage, and some of it is messy,” Benson said Sunday on Fox News’s The Big Weekend Show. “There is the impeachment, there is this corruption tag that is definitely sticking with him; that is what the Talarico people have been pounding away on.”

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