Talarico wants to unearth Paxton's depositions to keep focus on opponent's past in Texas Senate race

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Bedayn, J. (2026, August 26). Talarico wants to unearth Paxton's depositions to keep focus on opponent's past in Texas Senate race. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/talarico-wants-to-unearth-paxtons-depositions-to-keep-focus-on-opponents-past-in-texas-senate-race/article_4896b70d-ccb1-5169-a919-346df19ce5ff.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-08-26 · by Jesse Bedayn

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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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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, is trying to shift attention away from his own campaign by focusing on the past scandals of his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton. To do this, Talarico wants to release depositions related to a civil case involving Unity Resources, a mineral assets company accused of fraud. Paxton was associated with Unity, but not a defendant in the case, which ultimately settled out of court.

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Jesse Bedayn
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🔮 If Talarico wins the November general election, Paxton would be the first Republican in nearly four decades to lose a Senate race in Texas. ___
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🔮 “He’s not getting an A+,” she said, but maybe a “C or a B.” Talarico won a complicated primary Talarico beat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who is Black, in the Democratic primary.
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Paxton PERSON · 2× Democratic NORP · 1× James Talarico PERSON · 1× Ken Paxton PERSON · 1× Republican NORP · 1× Senate ORG · 1× Texas GPE · 1× U.S. GPE · 1× Unity GPE · 1× Unity Resources ORG · 1×

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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.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-08-26
2026-08-26 · Toronto Star
Talarico wants to unearth Paxton's depositions to keep focus on opponent's past in Texas Senate race · assertive framing

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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. asserted
Talarico → want → scandals
The depositions involve a civil case where Unity Resources, a mineral assets company, was accused of fraud. asserted
Resources → involve → fraud
Paxton was connected to Unity but not a defendant, and the case was settled. asserted
case → connect → Unity
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