Trump endorsement makes Dem Senate candidate the favorite in deep red state

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Paxton is a major league asshole with a ton of dirt. Until yesterday, Cornyn was running some very effective attack ads on Paxton. There have been at least two Cornyn ads attacking Paxton for every one Paxton ad. Talarico is a great candidate and we may flip Texas blue

Trump endorsement makes Dem Senate candidate the favorite in deep red state #RawStory

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T18:44:22.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/talarico-trump-paxton/

President Donald Trump's endorsement of Republican Ken Paxton on Tuesday could backfire in the Texas Senate primary race — putting Democrat Rep. James Talarico in the lead for the first time, according to a Kalshi Prediction Market report.

Kalshi has signaled that the president's move could flip the ruby-red Senate seat to blue.

"The Trump endorsement likely carries clear, quantifiable weight in Paxton's chances, as shown by the absurd 40% rise in odds of Paxton's chances to win the nomination," Kalshi reported.

"Likely as a result, traders in the market on the general election for the open Senate seat in Texas have perceived this as good news for James Talarico, who is now favored for the first time ever," according to Kalshi.

If elected, Talarico would be the first Democrat to hold a Senate seat in Texas since 1993.

[drray23]

1. I really hope so.

But I am skeptical. For years now, we are told Texas is about to flip. Beto was also supposed to win..

Somehow the polls are tight but at the end the republicans asshole voters always come out .

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2. If Talarico wins it's good news

However, I tend to think Paxton will prevail and we'll be kicking ourselves that we only had a fairly normal Republican in the seat and now we'll have a complete whackjob.

[fujiyamasan]

5. Who knows

Paxton is so corrupt, he’ll likely commit some crime or the other. It’s be great if he’s forced to resign after a democratic DOJ takes him down.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This makes me smile

[Cha]

4. Please Texas Dems GOTV!!!

There better Not be any cheating going on!

[newdeal2]

6. Dems are never the favorite in Texas

They will have some dirty tricks up their sleeves. Let's not kid ourselves.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. This made me smile