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title: "Could Texas REALLY Go Blue?"
description: "James Tallarico leads Ken Paxton in Texas, and Democrats could take both chambers of Congress — but a $140m Republican ad blitz, gerrymandered maps and Trump's threats to meddle in the count could still sink them."
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James Tallarico leads Ken Paxton in Texas, and Democrats could take both chambers of Congress — but a $140m Republican ad blitz, gerrymandered maps and Trump's threats to meddle in the count could still sink them.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/could-texas-really-go-blue/.
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