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‘Profoundly unhelpful’: Texas Republicans worry Bo French’s xenophobic posts make a tough year worse
GOP operatives fear Bo French’s rhetoric could undermine the party’s recent gains with Hispanic and Asian American voters.
Trump has lost significant support among the voter groups that made him the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote. Compared to his 2024 performance, Trump is down 12 points with women, four points with younger voters, 11 points with Latinos and 20 points with Independents.
A Republican-aligned group known as Texas PAC has purchased more than $51 million in advertising supporting Paxton.
The group, dubbed “Republicans for Talarico,” includes former mayors and state representatives.
Johnny Garcia donned his signature cowboy hat, grabbed a stack of candidate brochures and hit the neighborhoods of northern Bexar County on a sweltering Saturday morning. Campaigning for a House seat redrawn to favor Republicans,
Republican congressional candidate Eric Flores, running in South Texas, is predicting a "red tidal wave" with James Talarico at the top of the ticket.
State GOP leaders look to Dallas for encouragement as they recruit candidates, pursue small gains and endure long statewide droughts.
Republicans have condemned, sidestepped or continued to support two Texas GOP nominees after one's racist post this weekend about students of color and another's years of vulgar comments about women sparked backlash.