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曾与帕克斯顿为敌的人士如今正奋力保住德州红色阵营，塔拉里科优势微弱
作者：保罗·斯坦豪瑟，福克斯新闻
发布于2026年10月5日 美国东部时间下午1:12
德州共和党联邦参议员候选人肯·帕克斯顿谈论2026年共和党全国代表大会中期选举 convention的影响，以及他的民主党对手詹姆斯·塔拉里科似乎在《汉尼蒂秀》上疏远自己过往观点的情况。
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得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿政治圈子的一位消息人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，这位共和党参议院候选人似乎对自己竞选活动缺乏控制权感到沮丧，目前他正与民主党候选人、州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科展开一场激烈的参议院席位争夺战。
这位消息人士在周一发表上述言论，此前《政客》报道了上月末的一段录音，帕克斯顿在录音中称：“我从未参加过一场让我感觉对竞选活动、对哪些议题重要性更低的竞选，因为一切都——你懂的——来自华府。”
在倾向保守的德州，帕克斯顿与塔拉里科的对决是接替长期任职的共和党参议员约翰·康宁的竞选。帕克斯顿在激烈的初选中击败了康宁。这场竞选是大约十场将决定共和党能否在中期选举中保住参议院多数席位的关键竞选之一。
“我无法掌控竞选信息或我们的行动……我没有能力改变任何事情，”帕克斯顿在录音中补充道，“所以我只能接受现有的一切。这确实是个挑战。”
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2026年9月9日，得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在达拉斯美国航空中心举行的共和党中期代表大会上发言。（彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
据报道，帕克斯顿的这番言论是在9月24日华府一家游说公司举办的午餐会上发表的。《政客》称，其从一名参会的帕克斯顿反对者手中获得了这段录音。
“竞选团队不得与超级政治行动委员会协调，这显然就是帕克斯顿总检察长所指的情况，”帕克斯顿的竞选顾问尼克·马杜克斯在一份声明中告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
法律禁止超级政治行动委员会和其他外部团体与候选人及竞选团队在开支及其他支出方面直接协调。
马杜克斯补充道：“帕克斯顿总检察长感谢各方支持，他深知德州对保住多数席位的重要性，这也是为什么他每天都亲临现场与德州民众交流、筹集资金，并直接向选民传递他的信息，包括上周末启动的全州电视广告宣传。”
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2026年5月26日，在得克萨斯州奥斯汀，共和党参议员约翰·康宁在寻求连任提名败给州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿后向记者发表讲话。（埃迪·西尔/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
帕克斯顿在午餐会上的不满似乎还延伸到了对外部开支缺乏控制权之外的方面。《纽约时报》获得的同一场活动的另一段录音显示，帕克斯顿称上月在达拉斯举行的共和党中期代表大会损害了共和党候选人的民调支持率。
“我们的支持率下降了。所有人的支持率都降了。现在，确实，情况不太好，”帕克斯顿说道。
马杜克斯将相关报道描述为“被操纵的无稽之谈”。
在3月的初选和5月的决选期间与康宁竞选时，帕克斯顿将这位参议员称为“华府内部人士”和“RINO”——即“名义上的共和党人”。作为一名知名的特朗普式激进派，帕克斯顿强调自己的 outsider 身份，并支持唐纳德·特朗普总统。特朗普在决选前最后时刻背书了帕克斯顿。
与此同时，帕克斯顿多次批评康宁由华府共和党建制派资助。
“我认为约翰花了1亿美元。多么浪费的一笔钱。这笔钱本应用于其他州的共和党人，而不是用来攻击另一名共和党人，”3月初初选前夕，帕克斯顿在得克萨斯州韦科告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
初选期间，与康宁结盟的团体在广告支出上远超支持帕克斯顿的团体，投放广告突出这位德州总检察长的政治包袱。
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帕克斯顿过去十年面临一系列丑闻和法律问题，包括2023年得克萨斯州众议院对其的弹劾投票。帕克斯顿最终在州参议院的审判中被宣告所有罪名不成立。目前帕克斯顿还在处理一场激烈的离婚官司，他的妻子去年以“近期发现的依据”提出离婚，援引“圣经理由”。
得到参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩和全国共和党参议员竞选委员会支持的康宁曾多次辩称，如果帕克斯顿获得提名，共和党将不得不花费数百万美元来保住这个席位不被翻转，而下层共和党候选人的选情也会受到影响。
如今，许多在初选期间针对帕克斯顿的团体正斥巨资试图保住这个参议院席位。广告追踪公司AdImpact的预测显示，这场竞选的广告开支将高达8.5亿美元。
“今年早些时候诋毁他的那些人，现在正试图为他正名，”帕克斯顿的消息人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
这位消息人士补充道，帕克斯顿“确实不喜欢华府那帮人”。
9月24日至28日进行的福克斯新闻最新民调显示，塔拉里科以51%比49%的微弱优势领先帕克斯顿。
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2026年8月31日，民主党参议院候选人、州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科在得克萨斯州克尔维尔的凯尤剧院举行的竞选集会上发言。（布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社）
在最新的福克斯新闻实力排名中，德州这场竞选以及俄亥俄州、密歇根州、缅因州、爱荷华州和阿拉斯加州的参议院对决均被列为势均力敌的竞争。
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帕克斯顿的消息人士称，这位候选人似乎正处于前所未有的境地。
消息人士指出，帕克斯顿作为州议员的选举胜利，以及2014年当选州总检察长并在2018年和2022年成功连任的经历，称：“我认为他从未身处过需要以弱势身份参选的竞选局面。”
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Former Paxton foes now fighting to keep Texas red as Talarico holds narrow lead
By Paul Steinhauser, Fox News
Published October 5, 2026 1:12pm EDT
Texas GOP U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton discusses the impact of the 2026 RNC midterm convention and his Democratic opponent James Talarico seemingly distancing himself from past views on ‘Hannity.’
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A source in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s political orbit tells Fox News Digital that the Republican Senate nominee appears frustrated with a lack of control over his campaign as he faces off against Democratic nominee state Rep. James Talarico in a combustible Senate battle.
The source spoke on Monday after Politico reported on an audio recording from late last month, when Paxton said, “I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and, like, what issues are going to matter because it’s all coming — you know — from D.C.”
The faceoff in red-leaning Texas between Paxton and Talarico is a race to succeed longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who Paxton defeated in a bruising primary fight. The contest is one of roughly a dozen that will determine if the GOP holds onto its Senate majority in the midterm elections.
“I don’t control message or what we’re doing… I don’t have ability to change anything,” Paxton added on the audio recording. “So I have to live with whatever I’ve got. So it is a challenge.”
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Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Republican Midterm Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 9, 2026.(Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Paxton made the comments, according to the report, during a Sept. 24 lunch in the nation’s capital hosted by a D.C.-based lobbying firm. Politico reported it obtained the recording from a person attending the lunch who does not support Paxton.
“Campaigns don’t coordinate with super PACS and that’s obviously what AG Paxton was referring to,” Paxton campaign advisor Nick Maddux told Fox News Digital in a statement.
Super PACs and other outside groups are legally prohibited from directly coordinating with candidates and campaigns over spending and other expenditures.
Maddux added, “AG Paxton is thankful for the support and knows how important Texas is to keeping the majority, which is why he’s on the ground every day talking to Texas, raising money, and taking his message directly to the people including with his statewide television buy that started over this past weekend.”
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Republican Sen. John Cornyn speaks to reporters after losing his bid for renomination to Attorney General Ken Paxton, in Austin, Texas, on May 26, 2026.(Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Paxton’s frustration at the lunch appeared to extend beyond his lack of control over outside spending. In a separate recording from the same gathering obtained by The New York Times, Paxton suggested last month’s GOP midterm convention in Dallas had hurt Republican candidates’ polling.
“Dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good,” Paxton said.
Maddux described the reporting as “manipulated nonsense.”
As he campaigned against Cornyn in the March primary and a May runoff, Paxton characterized the senator as a “Washington insider” and a “RINO” — which stands for “Republican in name only.” And Paxton, known as a MAGA firebrand, showcased his outsider credentials and support for President Donald Trump. The president made an 11th-hour endorsement of Paxton ahead of the runoff.
Paxton, meanwhile, repeatedly criticized Cornyn for being bankrolled by the D.C. Republican establishment.
“I think John spent $100 million. What a waste of money. That money should have been going to Republicans in other states, not fighting another Republican,” Paxton told Fox News Digital in Waco, Texas, on the eve of the March primary.
Groups aligned with Cornyn vastly outspent pro-Paxton groups during the primary campaign to run spots highlighting the Texas attorney general’s political baggage.
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Paxton has faced a slew of scandals and legal problems that have battered him over the past decade, including a 2023 vote by the Texas House of Representatives to impeach him. Paxton was eventually acquitted of all charges by the state Senate. Paxton is also currently dealing with a contentious divorce, with his wife citing “biblical grounds” based on “recent discoveries” as she filed last year to end their marriage.
Cornyn, who was supported by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, regularly argued that if Paxton won the nomination, the party would be forced to spend millions of dollars to keep the seat from flipping and that Republicans down-ballot would suffer.
Now, many of those groups that targeted Paxton during the primary are spending big bucks to try and save the Senate seat. A projection from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact estimates that up to $850 million will be spent in the race.
“The same people who tore him down earlier this year are now trying to rebuild him,” the Paxton source told Fox News Digital.
The source added that Paxton “genuinely doesn’t like the DC people.”
The latest Fox News poll in the race, conducted Sept. 24-28, showed Talarico with a slight 51%-49% edge over Paxton.
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Democratic Senate nominee state Rep. James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally at the Cailloux Theater on Aug. 31, 2026, in Kerrville, Texas.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
And the race in Texas, along with Senate showdowns in Ohio, Michigan, Maine, Iowa, and Alaska, is rated a toss-up in the most recent Fox News Power Rankings.
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The Paxton source said that the candidate appears to be in uncharted territory.
Pointing to Paxton’s ballot box victories as a state lawmaker and his 2014 election and 2018 and 2022 re-elections as state attorney general, the source said, “I don’t think he’s ever been in a campaign situation where he’s been the underdog.”
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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