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Elections & Campaigns#48 THAT WEEK ↗

John Cornyn and Ken Paxton Advance to Texas Senate Runoff

So far two rated left-leaning and center outlets have covered this. No right-leaning outlet has picked it up yet.

Lead article · NBC News · CENTER5 takeaways from the first primaries of the 2026 midterms
Image · NBC New York
OUTLETS
32 RATED
ARTICLES
52 COPIES
SPAN
15HOURS
AVG CRED
77HIGH
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN2 RATED · 1 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
UNRATED · NOT ON THE SPECTRUM
People · 3 PEOPLE

Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them

Talarico and Cornyn were named together by 2 of 3 outlets. Counted by outlet.

GOODMIXEDINFORMATIONALBAD
James Talarico
D · TX

Talarico won the Democratic Senate primary, with the article examining his populist pitch and support among Latino voters.

NAMED BY 3 OF 3
LEFT
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL1 OF 1 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 1 of 1 outlet.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL1 OF 1 OUTLETCenter outlets: mostly informational, 1 of 1 outlet.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
John Cornyn
R · TX · NARCOTICS CAUCUS CHAIR

Cornyn advanced to a runoff against Ken Paxton after falling short of a majority in the Republican Senate primary.

NAMED BY 2 OF 3
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL1 OF 1 OUTLETCenter outlets: mostly informational, 1 of 1 outlet.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Ken Paxton
R · TX

NBC News projected that Paxton would face John Cornyn in a runoff for the Republican Senate nomination.

NAMED BY 2 OF 3
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL1 OF 1 OUTLETCenter outlets: mostly informational, 1 of 1 outlet.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 15 HOURS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 6 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTRIGHT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 1 article, first wed 8:14 am. center: 3 articles, first wed 7:02 am. unrated: 1 article, first wed 10:28 pm.

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