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How outlets cover Ken Paxton · Sep 28, 2026
Ken Paxton
How outlets cover Paxton · Sep 28, 2026
Paxton-Talarico Senate Contest Could Set Texas Spending Record
AdImpact projects advertising in Paxton’s Senate contest with James Talarico could reach $440 million, more than double Texas’s 2024 record. Coverage centers on outside-group spending and increasingly negative ads.
Lead article · Houston Public Media · CENTERPaxton-Talarico contest on course to demolish Texas record for campaign spending in a U.S. Senate electionARTICLES
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tl;drSUMMARY ACROSS OUTLETS
AdImpact projects advertising in Ken Paxton’s Senate contest with James Talarico could reach $440 million, more than double the record set in Texas’s 2024 Senate race. The articles describe heavy outside-group spending and increasingly negative ads.
Center outlets focus on the projected spending record and increasingly negative advertising, including spending by outside groups supporting Paxton.
Outlets by lean
1 RATED · 2 UNRATEDCompare by side
THE FRAMEAVG CRED 79
“Projected record spending”
Houston Public Media focuses on the projected ad-spending total, outside groups supporting Paxton and increasingly negative ads.
1 CENTER ARTICLE
Houston Public MediaSEP 28 · 9:05 AM ET
Paxton-Talarico contest on course to demolish Texas record for campaign spending in a U.S. Senate electionThe article examines spending in Paxton’s Senate contest and describes ads run by groups supporting him.CRED 79BAL 80 NEUTRALUNRATED · 2 · NOT ON THE SPECTRUM
- Texas Public Radio (original publisher not identified) · Paxton-Talarico contest on course to demolish Texas record for campaign spending in a U.S. Senate electionORIGINAL PUBLISHER NOT IDENTIFIED
- KERA (original publisher not identified) · Paxton-Talarico contest on course to demolish Texas record for campaign spending in a U.S. Senate electionORIGINAL PUBLISHER NOT IDENTIFIED
How it looks for Paxton, by side
1 OF 3 ARTICLESLeft: 0 good, 0 bad, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 good, 0 bad, 0 mixed, 1 neutral. Right: 0 good, 0 bad, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
2 UNRATED ARTICLES NOT SHOWN
When each side covered it
SEP 28Articles per day by side. SEP 28: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
NO LEFT OR RIGHT COVERAGE YET
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