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Neil Bush says he will vote for Democrat Talarico in Texas Senate race

Neil Bush, brother of former President George W. Bush, said he will vote for Democrat James Talarico over Republican Ken Paxton, Al Jazeera reported, citing a social media post.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
What's new
  1. Our desk filed its story
  2. New headline Was: “George W. Bush’s Brother Neil Bush Breaks G.O.P. Ranks to Vote for James Talarico in Texas”
  3. New headline Was: “Neil Bush says he will vote for Democrat Talarico in Texas Senate race”
  4. New headline Was: “George W. Bush’s Brother Neil Bush Breaks G.O.P. Ranks to Vote for James Talarico in Texas”
  5. Our desk filed its story
10 earlier updates
  1. Still developing
  2. NJ.com and cleveland.com are now reporting this
  3. New headline Was: “Talarico, Paxton in dead heat for Texas Senate, Abbott leads governor's race: Poll”
  4. KRQE is now reporting this
  5. WGN and KXAN are now reporting this
  6. New headline Was: “Talarico campaigns in Fort Bend County as Texas U.S. Senate race heats up; KHOU 11 speaks to him one-on-one”
  7. New headline Was: “Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks to ABC13 during campaign blitz across Houston area”
  8. New headline Was: “James Talarico fires back at Elon Musk in Texas Senate race feud”
  9. New headline Was: “George W. Bush’s Brother Neil Bush Breaks G.O.P. Ranks to Vote for James Talarico in Texas”
  10. New headline Was: “George W Bush’s brother backs Democrat James Talarico in Texas Senate race”

Neil Bush, a brother of former President George W. Bush, said in a Tuesday social media post that he will vote for Democrat James Talarico in the Texas U.S. Senate race, Al Jazeera reported1.

Bush wrote that he was troubled by Republican nominee Ken Paxton’s effort as attorney general to challenge 2020 presidential results in other states, calling that an affront to democratic institutions and the peaceful transfer of power, according to Al Jazeera1. He also pointed to Paxton’s impeachment by the Republican-controlled Texas House and later acquittal in the Texas Senate1.

Al Jazeera said Barbara Bush has also backed Talarico and that a Marist poll released Oct. 14 had Talarico at 47 percent and Paxton at 45 percent1. The New York Times carried a matching headline; its article was not read behind the paywall4.

Separately, CNBC reported a Wednesday exchange in which Elon Musk wrote that something was deeply wrong with Talarico and Talarico replied that something was deeply wrong with a system that lets one trillionaire buy a senator2. CNBC said Musk gave $158 million in September to the Senate Leadership Fund, money that went to a Texas PAC supporting Paxton, and $10 million to another Paxton-backing PAC2.

KHOU reported Talarico campaigning in Fort Bend County and saying about $200 million had been spent on ads against him3. Several assignment links were unread poll or interview pages5,6,7,8,9,10.

Sources

  1. Al JazeeraBrother of George Bush endorses Democratic Senate candidate in Texas
  2. CNBCJames Talarico fires back at Elon Musk in Texas Senate race feud
  3. KHOU 11Talarico campaigns in Fort Bend County as Texas U.S. Senate race heats up; KHOU 11 speaks to him one-on-one
  4. New York TimesGeorge W. Bush’s Brother Neil Bush Breaks G.O.P. Ranks to Vote for James Talarico
  5. KRQETalarico, Paxton in dead heat for Texas Senate; Abbott leads governor’s race poll
  1. WGNTalarico, Paxton in dead heat for Texas Senate; Abbott leads governor’s race poll
  2. NJ.comTexas Senate race tightens as Talarico support climbs, new poll reveals
  3. cleveland.comTexas Senate race tightens as Talarico support climbs, new poll reveals
  4. KXANTalarico leads Paxton in new Emerson College polling / Nexstar Media poll
  5. ABC13 HoustonDemocratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks to ABC13 during Houston-area campaign blitz

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Al JazeeraCNBCNew York TimesNexstar · 2 stationsNJ.com