Talarico wants to unearth Paxton's depositions to keep focus on opponent's past in Texas Senate race
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· collected 2026-08-26 · by Jesse Bedayn The Associated Press
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Summary
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico seeks to make public depositions related to Republican opponent Ken Paxton as part of his campaign strategy to highlight Paxton's past scandals. The depositions are from a 2012 civil case where Unity Resources was accused of fraud, and Paxton had ties to the company. No specific dates or numbers are mentioned in the article. Talarico is attempting to shift attention away from other issues and focus on Paxton's history of controversy.
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Story summary
James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, wants to make public depositions involving Ken Paxton, his Republican opponent, as part of an effort to keep the focus on Paxton's past scandals. The depositions were from a civil case where a company called Unity Resources was accused of fraud; Ken Paxton was connected to Unity but not a defendant in the case, and it was eventually settled.
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Leaning score -0.35 for article 2540 (high confidence, 1 verified quote) · logged 2026-08-27
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Who wrote this
Jesse Bedayn The Associated Press
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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, wants to reveal depositions involving Ken Paxton, his Republican opponent, as part of an ongoing effort to keep the focus on Paxton’s history of scandals.
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Talarico → want → scandals
The depositions involve a civil case where Unity Resources, a mineral assets company, was accused of fraud.
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Resources → involve → fraud
Paxton was connected to Unity but not a defendant, and the case was settled.
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case → connect → Unity
