Talarico’s voting registration discrepancies draw fresh fire from Paxton after new report

Published August 6, 2026 11:54am ET



Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s apparent abuse of Texas’s voter registration process stoked criticism Wednesday from his Republican opponent in a tight race, as the pair continue to exchange accusations of voter fraud. 

Talarico last month accused GOP candidate Ken Paxton, who is also Texas’s attorney general, of voting illegally in six elections in a row from the wrong address, citing an investigation from ProPublica and the Texas Tribune. 

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