テキサス州共和党の上院予備選決選投票において、ケン・パクストン氏が現職のジョン・コーニン上院議員を破った。同氏は直ちに民主党候補のジェームズ・タラリコ氏に対し、男らしさを揶揄する侮蔑的な言葉を次々と浴びせた。
パクストン氏は前週にドナルド・トランプ大統領の支持を取り付け、64対36で決選投票を制した。火曜夜の勝利演説で、パクストン氏はタラリコ氏を「6つの性別のジミー」「テストステロン不足のタラリコ」「豆腐のようなタラリコ」「ジェームズ・タラ・フリーコ（奇人）」などと呼んだ。また同氏は、タラリコ氏を「テキサスにはテストステロンが足りなすぎる」と銘打った広告も公開した。
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Republican Ken Paxton won the Texas Senate primary runoff against incumbent Senator John Cornyn. The victory sets up a November general election matchup against Democrat James Talarico. Democrats view the race as an opportunity in a traditionally Republican state.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff on Tuesday. The victory, backed by a late endorsement from President Donald Trump, marks a significant win for the MAGA faction of the party.
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Texas state representative James Talarico is running as the Democratic nominee against Republican Ken Paxton in the race for the U.S. Senate seat.
James Talarico, who has been described by The Daily Wire as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, said during a live taping of The Bulwark podcast in Dallas that undocumented students he taught were often his “most patriotic” students, and criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a “secret police” force.
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National and Texas Democrats, along with Jewish community leaders in the San Antonio area, have condemned Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo over comments about “Zionists” and Jews as voters head into the May 26 primary runoff in Texas’ 35th Congressional District.