The midterm elections are three weeks away.In some states, voting has already begun.
Betting site Kalshi shows odds of 61% that Democrats will win control of the senate.Recent developments in the Texas and Michigan races suggest keeping your money in your pocket.As voters find out more about front-runner Democrats James Talarico in Texas and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, the polls are tightening.They say intimacy breeds contempt; nowhere is this truer than in politics.KEN PAXTON CALLS OUT JAMES TALARICO'S 11-DAY ABSENCE AT TRUMP RALLY, PROMPTING RESPONSE FROM CAMPAIGNTalarico is the 2026 version of 2018 senate wannabe Beto O’Rourke, who memorably live-streamed his teeth-cleaning as a campaign stunt, but ultimately lost to Republican Ted Cruz despite his laudable dental hygiene.
Talarico, a photogenic 37-year-old state representative, recently vanished from public view for nearly two weeks, an extraordinary absence so close to Election Day.He says he had the flu; does he not know about Theraflu? Has he heard of Zoom?His disappearance gave rise to a whirlwind of apparently erroneous rumors.
Because Talarico has voiced some wacky ideas in the past, like believing there are six genders or that God is non-binary — which he has been forced to walk back — some voters are primed to believe such rumors.'FAKE' MODERATE TALARICO'S TEXAS SURGE TESTS PAXTON IN FIGHT TO HOLD CRUCIAL GOP SENATE SEATKen Paxton, the state’s attorney general, is an unpopular candidate and carries considerable baggage, but his well-funded campaign is running ads showing Talarico making incendiary comments like, "I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity." Talarico has also been outed as having previously voted as a state representative against bans on biological men playing in women’s sports.Oops.Beto O’Rourke lost in part because he embraced aggressive gun control in a state where most people have a gun.
In 2022, Talarico appeared with the Texas Humane Legislation N...