James Talarico faces off against Trump in dueling Texas rallies in election’s final days
Topics: Texas Politics
3 outlets (NBC News, Fox News and WSJ) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 3 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “dueling”, “rallies”, “Talarico”, “Texas”. Distinct wording: NBC News uses “election's” and “faces”; Fox News uses “political” and “deep-red”; WSJ uses “Democratic” and “Republican”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- NBC News reports: “Voter enthusiasm in Lubbock, a Texas city of fewer than 300,000, underscored the stakes of a close Senate race in what Democrats call their best chance in a generation.”
- Fox News reports: “Dueling rallies in Lubbock put the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico on full display as Trump joined the Republican side.”
- WSJ reports: “The president and the Democratic Senate hopeful held their rallies as they battled for a Senate seat now held by a Republican.”
Read the full coverage
- NBC News: James Talarico faces off against Trump in dueling Texas rallies in election’s final days
- Fox News: Dueling rallies thrust deep-red Lone Star town into the center of the political universe
- WSJ: President Trump rallied in Texas Tuesday night in support of Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, and his Democratic opponent James Talarico held an event just 3 miles away
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