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2023, where he was later [acquitted](https://www.npr.org/2023/09/16/1199803661/ken-paxton-attorney-general-texas-acquitted-impeachment-trial). The Texas race has become the [most expensive Senate primary](https://adimpact.com/blogs/tx-senate-ad-analysis-the-most-expensive-senate-primary-on-record) in U.S. history, with both parties spending well over $100 million total
candidate in [Texas](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas), leading in a head-to-head matchup against two potential Republican opponents. [The Texas public opinion research](https://mailchi.mp/b77074b391d1/tpor-gen-elect?e=214fbc1661) (TPOR) survey has Talarico, a Democratic state legislator, ahead
primary run-off race. By siding with Paxton, Trump is supporting a Texas politician who has long been a close ally of the president – but also one who comes with considerable political baggage. Many Democrats
candidates, a bare-knuckled blitz occurring even in some states where voting in congressional primaries has begun, and prompted by the US supreme court’s decision [gutting section 2](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) of the Voting
Democratic-led states submitted an [amicus brief](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1207/407863/20260504094911516_25A1207-1208_AmicusBr_NY%20et%20al_Amici%20Curiae%20in%20Support%20of%20Applicants.pdf) in this case, writing that the appeals court decision put the policy choices of states with bans above the choices of states "that have made