James Talarico for Senate: Texans deserve better than Ken Paxton's moral rot -- Endorsement

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James Talarico for Senate: Texans deserve better than Ken Paxton's moral rot | Endorsement
The choice is obvious. Both Republicans and Democrats should prefer a servant leader over a self-serving crook.
By The Editorial Board
May 28, 2026

The contest is set. The storyline, straight out of Hollywood. It’s as if, as President Donald Trump likes to say, the candidates came from central casting.

An avowed lout versus a man who doesn’t just resemble a Sunday school teacher, but who practices politics like the seminarian he is.

Ask Ken Paxton’s own supporters about his infidelities and indictments. Ask about that stolen $1,000 pen. Or how he fired his employees after they reported him to the FBI for corruption, prompting a whistleblower lawsuit that stuck taxpayers with a $6.6 million bill. Oh, and ask about that impeachment that, though it did not end in conviction, was led by members of his own party.

Paxton voters know their guy reeks of moral rot. That he somehow earned millions while in public office. That his office delivered sweetheart deals in cases of child sexual abuse. His supporters know all that because his runoff opponent, Sen. John Cornyn, just spent tens of millions of dollars making sure that they know.

Paxton won anyway. As one man at a Paxton rally told a reporter, “We’ve got bigger fish to fry.”

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