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Ken Paxton Wins CPAC Straw Poll and Receives Endorsement

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

Lead article · ABC News · CENTERCPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA's choice for Texas Senate over Cornyn
Image · ABC News
OUTLETS
44 RATED
ARTICLES
41 COPY
SPAN
19HOURS
AVG CRED
72HIGH
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN4 RATED
WHO’S NAMED
People · 2 PEOPLE

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

Paxton and Cornyn were named together by 2 of 4 outlets. Counted by outlet.

GOODMIXEDINFORMATIONALBAD
R · TX

Paxton gained CPAC’s endorsement and used the conference to make his case against John Cornyn.

NAMED BY 4 OF 4
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
◇ SPLITACROSS 2 OUTLETSCenter outlets: split across 2 outlets (1 mixed · 1 informational).
RIGHT
◆ MIXED2 OF 2 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mixed, 2 of 2 outlets.
R · TX · NARCOTICS CAUCUS CHAIR

Cornyn is Paxton’s opponent in the runoff and was criticized by some CPAC attendees.

NAMED BY 2 OF 4
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL1 OF 1 OUTLETCenter outlets: mostly informational, 1 of 1 outlet.
RIGHT
◆ MIXED1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mixed, 1 of 1 outlet.
Timeline · 19 HOURS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 6 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. center: 2 articles, first sat 2:30 pm. right-leaning: 2 articles, first sun 1:00 am.

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