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TexasTowelie

(116,829 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 01:33 AM Aug 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in dead heat with surging Democratic challenger

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leads Democratic challenger Rochelle Garza by only two percentage points among registered voters, according to the latest poll released Sunday by UT Tyler and the Dallas Morning News.

Paxton is polling at 34 percent to Garza's 32 percent, while eight percent said they support Libertarian candidate Mark Ash. Twenty-five percent said they support someone else or weren't sure.

The results of the poll indicate that Paxton has lost significant support from independent voters in just the past few months: 50 percent of registered independents polled said they disapprove of Paxton's job performance—a nine-point drop from independents' responses to the same question in May.

As Paxton's support with independents wanes, Garza continues to make inroads, staking out a five-point lead over Paxton among independents, according to Sunday's poll. These voters could be the deciding factor in the race for attorney general as they make up the largest chunk of undecided voters, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Ken-Paxton-Rochelle-Garza-AG-race-17375170.php

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in dead heat with surging Democratic challenger (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2022 OP
Paxton is absolute fucking scum Skittles Aug 2022 #1
THIS BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #5
Keep it up 2abigbman Aug 2022 #2
somebody follow the money on that spoiler. mopinko Aug 2022 #3
I just donated $25 to Rochelle Garza! SunSeeker Aug 2022 #4
.... BComplex Aug 2022 #6
Thanks. This brightens my day. Midnight Writer Aug 2022 #7

BumRushDaShow

(142,458 posts)
5. THIS
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 04:35 AM
Aug 2022

Fetterman trolled both Paxton and Patrick relentlessly in December 2020.

I hope TX will get them both, along with Abbott, the hell out.




John Fetterman
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It’s must be said this “lawsuit” has the same chance of success as mine suing my dude LG Dan Patrick for my handsome reward of $2M in Sheetz gift cards.

One difference? My underlying claim is *actually* valid.

Dude offered a reward for voter fraud + I delivered evidence. 😟
Millie Tran
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin over election results and asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the states from voting in the Electoral College https://texastribune.org/2020/12/08/texas-ken-paxton-election-georgia/
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See YOU in Court Texas!
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2abigbman

(32 posts)
2. Keep it up
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 03:07 AM
Aug 2022

Keep it up Paxton, the anti-abortion, the LGBTQ attacks, the anti immigrant bile. These turds Magatt think the world is with them. Yes Texas is red but not that red. Beto wasn't destroyed by Rafael Cruz. He lost but not by a landslide. All these Reukes act like only Repugs vote. Normally it's true, but the Supreme Court woke up everybody. Women and especially White Women have discovered that the fascist care little about them. Come on November.

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