With Attorney General Ken Paxton clinching the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, the general election has officially begun — and both sides are moving rapidly to establish their pitch to voters.
The moment the Republican runoff was called Tuesday night, state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee and a Presbyterian seminarian, released his attack in a video titled: “The People vs. Ken Paxton,” tying the scandal-plagued attorney general directly to the Austin Democrat’s broader campaign message against “the billionaire megadonors and their corrupt political system.”
