# Blame game explodes in Texas after total GOP midterms wipeout: Now Ken Paxton turns on Trump… as insider says: ‘Any cowboy can figure out what really happened’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/blame-game-explodes-in-texas-after-total-gop-midterms-wipeout-now-ken-paxton-turns-on-trump-as-insider-says-any-cowboy-can-figure-out-what-really-happened/
- Published: 2026-11-05T01:52:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T02:03:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16265209/ken-paxton-greg-abbott-blame-trump-texas.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- James Talarico won Texas’s Senate race with 55.1 per cent of the vote.
- A Paxton aide said Trump hurt the campaign and disrupted an event.
- Paxton’s scandals and impeachment may have weighed on his candidacy.

## Summary

Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton in Texas’s US Senate race, ending nearly 40 years of Republican control of the seat. A Paxton campaign aide blamed President Donald Trump for hurting the campaign and disrupting an event intended to reach female voters, while Paxton conceded graciously.

The aide argued that anger towards Republicans in Washington would have sunk any Republican candidate, including incumbent John Cornyn, and pointed to other Republican losses in Texas, including Governor Greg Abbott. Talarico received 55.1 per cent of the vote, or 5,445,121 votes, compared with Paxton’s 43 per cent, or 4,249,752. Paxton’s record, including his 2023 impeachment by the Texas State House over allegations such as bribery and abuse of public trust, may also have affected the result.

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