President Trump rallied in Corpus Christi and suggested that Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's earlier campaign absence of 12 to 14 days was due to either mental illness or food poisoning from meat. Talarico's campaign had said he had the flu. Trump also campaigned that evening in Lubbock, where Talarico held an overlapping rally in the competitive race for Texas Senate.
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Trump says Talarico’s campaign absence was either ‘mental illness’ or food poisoning from meat
‘Food poisoned by meat’: Trump mocks James Talarico over campaign absence, as former Texas Chief Justice endorses Democrat
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Early voting in Texas ahead of November 3 midterm elections reached nearly 4.5 million ballots in the first seven days, representing 23.4% of registered voters, but voters encountered long waits, isolated touchscreen machine complaints, and registration processing issues.
Michele Carew, Bexar County Elections Administrator
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President Donald Trump visited Corpus Christi and Lubbock on Tuesday to campaign for Republican Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate race against Democrat James Talarico, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio appearing to highlight an arrangement to process Venezuelan crude oil in Texas refineries. Talarico held concurrent campaign events in Midland, Amarillo and Lubbock.
at least $158 million for campaign spending to defeat Talarico
Donald Trump, President campaigning for Paxton; Ken Paxton, Republican U.S. Senate candidate; James Talarico, Democrat U.S. Senate candidate and 2 more
Reported by 8 outletsFound via Google News
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows traveled across Texas on a bus tour supporting Republican House candidates. President Donald Trump arrived in Corpus Christi to campaign for Republican candidates as the Texas U.S. Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico continues.
$7.8 million for spending on Republican House candidates
Dustin Burrows, Texas House Speaker; Donald Trump, President; Lacey Hull, State Representative and 3 more
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The race for Texas General Land Commissioner features Republican incumbent Dawn Buckingham against Democrat Benjamin Flores. The candidates differ on disaster relief spending and border issues.
Dawn Buckingham, Republican incumbent Texas Land Commissioner; Benjamin Flores, Democrat candidate for Texas Land Commissioner; Jon Taylor, UT-San Antonio Political Science Chair and 1 more
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President Trump held a campaign rally in Corpus Christi on October 27, 2026, where he pointed to a ship carrying Venezuelan oil and suggested making Venezuela the 51st state. He called the 1 million barrel shipment a "gift" from Venezuela and said he would give it to the U.S. to lower fuel costs.
1 million barrels for venezuelan oil shipment
Donald Trump, President; Ken Paxton, Republican Senate candidate; James Talarico, Democratic Senate candidate
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A software error in Texas voter registration logs caused missing addresses for voters who updated records between Sept. 1 and late October. The Secretary of State's office sent 15,000 corrected records to counties and said the problem is resolved. This is the second voter registration issue in weeks.
Texas Secretary of State's office, Reported software error and sent corrected records to counties; Alicia Pierce, Spokesperson for the Secretary of State's office; Texas Department of Public Safety, Earlier software update caused separate voter registration backlog
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Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Gina Hinojosa each posted their largest campaign fundraising hauls in any reporting period this cycle from Sept. 25 through Oct. 24. Both are campaigning aggressively as the race tightens heading into Election Day.
$26 million for campaign funds raised
Greg Abbott, Republican governor candidate; Gina Hinojosa, Democratic governor candidate; Elon Musk, Donor to Abbott and 2 more
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Democrat James Talarico held a campaign rally in Lubbock on October 27 as a candidate for U.S. Senate against Republican Ken Paxton. A Fox News report also covered Talarico facing questions about out-of-state billionaire backing to his campaign.
James Talarico, Texas state representative and U.S. Senate candidate (D); Ken Paxton, Republican U.S. Senate candidate; Brooke Taylor, Fox News reporter
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