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Texas blue tsunami: Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton and MAGA wiped out #maga #texas #bluewave
Texas blue tsunami: Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton lost in a Republican wipeout.
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Texas blue tsunami: Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton lost in a Republican wipeout.
Texas Democrats beat Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton, won every other statewide office on the ballot from lieutenant governor to railroad commissioner, and flipped the Texas House for the first time since 2003. Republicans' new congressional map cost them two of their own seats. Elon Musk put $224 million into Texas, and his candidates lost.
The morning after she won the governor's race, Marsha Blackburn refused to say whether she'd appoint former CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger to her Senate seat. He stood in the room, said he's 'absolutely' interested, and has given the maximum to her campaign plus $50,000 to a PAC linked to it.
Three watchdog groups sued the Defense Department over Project Meridian, a closed-door advisory panel co-led by two billionaire defense contractors. SpaceX holds about $8 billion in Pentagon contracts, and Anduril won a Navy deal worth up to $2.9 billion days after the panel was announced.
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Tom Cotton got to the Senate with the help of $7.5 million from super PACs funded by the Koch brothers.
On May 15, 2025, Rep. Rob Bresnahan's account bought shares of ConocoPhillips, Marathon Petroleum, Occidental, Valero and Caterpillar. A week later he voted for Trump's budget bill, which expanded oil and gas leasing and cut drilling royalties. The same day, his account sold health insurers that cover Medicaid patients.
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Republican Senate nominee Ashley Hinson took over $77,000 from the pesticide and meat PACs behind Iowa's cancer crisis.
Kristi Rogers founded PRISM in January 2025. Its own brochure charges founding companies $100,000 up front plus $50,000 a year and lists 'strengthen and increase high-level access' as a benefit. Members include GM, Siemens and Glencore. A government-ethics expert calls it a direct conflict of interest if Rogers wins.
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Ashley Hinson is selling out Iowa farmers.