2026年9月23日 美国东部时间早上6:01 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：帕特里克·斯维特克
随着共和党加大对得州参议院候选人肯·佩克斯顿的竞选投入，支持其民主党对手詹姆斯·塔拉里科的顶级团体推出了一位新的代言人：2023年投票弹劾佩克斯顿的共和党前州议员。
“我永远不会信任肯·佩克斯顿，永远不会支持肯·佩克斯顿，他最不该待的地方就是美国参议院，”前州众议员格伦·罗杰斯在支持塔拉里科的“孤星崛起政治行动委员会”最新发布的30秒广告中说道。
据该委员会发言人透露，这则广告将在全州范围内的数字平台和流媒体平台播出，作为该委员会在大选中投入八位数资金竞选计划的一部分。此番广告投放正值民主党应对近期共和党外部支出激增之际，这场势均力敌的竞选进入最后几周时，佩克斯顿阵营突然获得了巨大的广告优势。
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罗杰斯是沃斯堡郊外的牧场主兼兽医，他直言不讳地批评了得州共和党的发展方向。在2024年的初选中，他失去了自己的席位，这是共和党州长格雷格·阿博特针对反对其推行教育券计划的在任议员发起的攻势的一部分。阿博特背书了罗杰斯的挑战者迈克·奥尔科特——佩克斯顿同样也背书了奥尔科特，后者此前因弹劾风波寻求报复。
2023年，由共和党掌控的得州众议院以跨党派的压倒性票数弹劾了佩克斯顿，指控他滥用职权帮助一名富有的朋友和捐赠者。数月后，在唐纳德·特朗普总统的压力下，同样由共和党占据多数的州参议院宣判佩克斯顿无罪。
为了在激烈的初选后团结共和党，佩克斯顿与一些支持弹劾他的众议院共和党议员一同开展了竞选活动。
塔拉里科的竞选团队一直在持续展示共和党人和熟悉佩克斯顿的人士对他的支持。他们推出了“共和党人支持塔拉里科”联盟，并公布了两名人士的背书：弹劾审判期间佩克斯顿的辩护律师丹·科格德尔，以及在弹劾审判中作证的佩克斯顿前高级幕僚大卫·马克斯韦尔。
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/politics/talarico-ad-glenn-rogers-criticizes-ken-paxton-texas-senate
詹姆斯·塔拉里科称民主党需要“新鲜血液”
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佩克斯顿及其盟友对弹劾案持续带来的政治影响 largely dismissed（基本不予理会），他长期以来将此事斥之为政治迫害。在马克斯韦尔表态支持塔拉里科后，佩克斯顿的律师托尼·布斯比在X平台上辩称，马克斯韦尔在审判中“被彻底打脸，像个十足的傻瓜”。
塔拉里科已成为中期选举中民主党筹款能力最强的候选人之一，他有望成为三十多年来首位赢得得州全州公职的民主党人。民调显示，他的支持率与佩克斯顿的差距处于统计误差范围内。佩克斯顿凭借特朗普的支持在初选中击败了共和党现任议员约翰·康林。
Republican former state lawmaker vows he’ll ‘never’ support Paxton in new ad as Texas Senate race heats up
2026-09-23 06:01 AM ET / CNN
By Patrick Svitek
As Republicans ramp up spending for Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton, a top group supporting his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, is pushing back with a new surrogate: a Republican former state lawmaker who voted to impeach Paxton in 2023.
“I’ll never trust Ken Paxton, I’ll never support Ken Paxton and the last place he should be is the United States Senate,” former state Rep. Glenn Rogers says in a new 30-second ad for the pro-Talarico Lone Star Rising PAC.
The ad will run statewide on digital and streaming platforms as part of the group’s eight-figure effort in the general election, according to a spokesperson. It comes as Democrats confront a spike in outside GOP spending in recent days, suddenly giving Paxton’s side a huge advertising advantage in the closing weeks of the tight race.
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Rogers, a rancher and veterinarian from outside Fort Worth, is an outspoken critic of the direction of the Republican Party in Texas. He lost his seat in the 2024 primary as part of GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to target incumbents who opposed his push for school vouchers. Abbott endorsed Rogers’ challenger, Mike Olcott — as did Paxton, who was seeking his own revenge after the impeachment saga.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks on stage on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention in Dallas on September 9.
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The Republican-led Texas House impeached Paxton in 2023 in a large bipartisan vote, accusing him of abusing his office to help a wealthy friend and donor. The state Senate, also with a GOP majority, acquitted Paxton months later, under pressure from President Donald Trump.
Paxton, in an effort to unify the GOP after the nasty primary, has campaigned with some of the House Republicans who supported his impeachment.
Talarico’s campaign has been making a sustained effort to show off support from Republicans and those who have known Paxton well. He has rolled out a “Republicans for Talarico” coalition and unveiled endorsements from Dan Cogdell, a Paxton lawyer in the impeachment trial, and David Maxwell, a former top Paxton staffer who testified in his impeachment trial.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/politics/talarico-ad-glenn-rogers-criticizes-ken-paxton-texas-senate
James Talarico says Democratic Party needs ‘new blood’
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Paxton and his allies have largely dismissed the ongoing political fallout from the impeachment case, which he has long assailed as a political witch hunt. After Maxwell backed Talarico, Paxton lawyer Tony Buzbee argued on X that Maxwell was “thoroughly discredited and made to look like a damn fool” at the trial.
Talarico has emerged as one of Democrats’ best fundraisers of the midterms as he seeks to become the first Democrat to win statewide office in Texas in more than three decades. He regularly polls within the margin of error against Paxton, who unseated the Republican incumbent, John Cornyn, in the primary with Trump’s support.
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