Texas Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton warned that Republicans cannot take victory in Texas for granted, describing his contest against Democrat James Talarico as the most difficult campaign of his political career during an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Saturday ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
\n\nAppearing on Breitbart News Saturday with Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle, Paxton characterized the race as highly competitive and stressed the importance of Republican turnout.
\n\n“I would say we are in a tie ball game. It is a tight race, and if we do not execute, if Republicans do not take this serious, if they sit back and say, ‘Oh, Texas is always Republican,’ this is one of those years you can’t do that,” Paxton cautioned.
\n\n“This is my 20th campaign in my life, and this is the hardest campaign to work through for whatever reasons, for various reasons,” he continued. “But we need to take this seriously.”
\n\nPaxton compared the political environment to the 2018 midterms when Democrat Beto O’Rourke narrowly lost his Senate challenge against Republican Ted Cruz, attributing the competitiveness of both elections partly to differing levels of voter enthusiasm.
\n\n“We have the same kind of…
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