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发布于 2026年10月8日 美国东部时间下午2:00
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得克萨斯州州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科是得州联邦参议院民主党候选人，他于9月10日在达拉斯的一场活动中发表讲话。
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在得州参议院选举进入关键阶段之际，民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科已缺席竞选活动12天，这给共和党人提供了新的攻击口实。
周三在圣安东尼奥的一场竞选集会上，得州总检察长、共和党参议院候选人肯·帕克斯顿带领人群高呼质问其对手的行踪。
“詹姆斯·塔拉里科在哪里？”帕克斯顿引导观众齐声发问。
帕克斯顿的竞选团队近日也在社交媒体帖子中提及此事，总统唐纳德·特朗普也在Truth Social平台上加入这场争论，称塔拉里科“彻底失联”。
塔拉里科的竞选团队表示，这位得州民主党人正因流感康复中。
“在举办了100多场公开活动、与数万人握手后，詹姆斯患上了流感，但将于本周末重返竞选活动，”塔拉里科竞选团队发言人JT·恩尼斯周四表示，“肯·帕克斯顿在整个竞选期间都无视得州民众，他的优先级一目了然：他不向本州民众负责，而是向他的亿万富翁大额捐赠者和特殊利益集团负责。”
塔拉里科于9月30日在与美国西班牙裔商业委员会的线上活动中透露了自己的流感诊断结果，这场活动原本计划线下举办。
“几天前我就开始有点不舒服，昨晚症状变得严重，我去了达拉斯当地的急诊室，被诊断出流感，”塔拉里科通过视频连线对在得州爱丁堡聚集的人群说道，“我在发烧，目前传染性最强，我想我在竞选活动中握手太多了，所以我想保护所有人的安全。”
塔拉里科最近一次公开露面是在9月26日，当时他在卡罗尔顿的一处加油站举行新闻发布会，呼吁暂停联邦汽油和柴油税，并结束与伊朗的对峙。
“这正是我们在这场民生负担危机中，为得州民众缓解燃油压力所需的即时行动，”塔拉里科在卡罗尔顿的加油站说道。
据报道，塔拉里科原计划两天后在纽约出席一场由演员罗伯特·德尼罗出席的筹款活动。
在这段缺席期间，帕克斯顿参加了多场竞选活动，包括周三在圣安东尼奥出席特朗普的竞选集会。帕克斯顿还在其他四场竞选活动中发表讲话，其中包括与美国西班牙裔商业委员会的对话，还到场出席了总统在丹顿的活动。在那次活动中，特朗普表示自己甚至不知道帕克斯顿在场，还开玩笑称他是“麻烦精”。
唐纳德·特朗普总统在周三圣安东尼奥的一场竞选集会上倾听共和党参议院候选人、得州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿发言。
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周三晚间，特朗普在Truth Social的帖子中质疑塔拉里科的行踪，并呼吁两位参议院候选人进行辩论。
“他应该立即前往辩论台与肯·帕克斯顿对决，帕克斯顿已经准备好、愿意并且能够应战，”特朗普写道。
帕克斯顿的竞选团队未就特朗普提出的两候选人辩论请求置评。塔拉里科曾多次挑战帕克斯顿进行辩论，包括在福克斯新闻频道，但距选举日不到四周，辩论窗口期已愈发狭窄。
塔拉里科将于10月14日周三在得州沃斯堡出席由CNN和禧年媒体主办的市政厅活动。两家媒体也向帕克斯顿发出了市政厅活动邀请。
两位候选人正在激烈角逐由共和党参议员约翰·康宁现任的联邦参议院席位，帕克斯顿在5月激烈的共和党初选中击败了康宁。
《纽约时报》/锡耶纳大学近期的一项民调显示，塔拉里科以6个百分点的优势领先帕克斯顿。
在这个2024年特朗普以两位数优势获胜的州，选举形势胶着让共和党人感到焦虑，他们在竞选最后阶段大举投放电视广告。9月至11月期间，共和党在该州的广告支出目前已超过1.9亿美元，而民主党同期预留的广告支出为5200万美元。
Talarico’s 12-day absence from trail becomes fodder for GOP in Texas Senate race
2026-10-08T18:00:33.940Z / CNN
By Arlette Saenz
1 hr 16 min ago
PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
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Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Texas, arrives to speak during an event in Dallas on September 10.
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James Talarico has been absent from the campaign trail over the past 12 days as the Texas Senate race enters a critical stretch, prompting Republicans to open a new line of attack on the Democratic nominee.
At a campaign rally in San Antonio Wednesday, Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton led the crowd in a chant about his opponent’s whereabouts.
“Where is James Talarico?” Paxton prompted the crowd to ask.
Paxton’s campaign has also drawn attention to the topic in social media posts in recent days, and President Donald Trump has jumped into the debate on Truth Social, describing Talarico as “MISSING IN ACTION.”
Talarico’s campaign said the Texas Democrat is recovering from the flu.
“After holding more than 100 public events and shaking tens of thousands of hands, James came down with the flu but will be back on the trail this weekend,” said JT Ennis, a spokesperson for Talarico’s campaign,on Thursday. “Ken Paxton has been ignoring Texans this entire campaign, and his priorities are clear: He doesn’t answer to the people of this state — he answers to his billionaire megadonors and special interests.”
Talarico revealed his flu diagnosis September 30 when he spoke virtually with the United States Hispanic Business Council, an event he was supposed to attend in person.
“I was starting to feel kind of under the weather a few days ago and last night it got so bad that I went to the urgent care here in Dallas, and I was diagnosed with the flu,” Talarico told the crowd gathered in Edinburg, Texas, over video conference. “I’m running a fever, and I’m at my most contagious right now, and I guess I’ve been shaking too many hands on the campaign trail and so I want to keep everybody safe.”
Talarico’s last public appearance in Texas took place on September 26 when he held a press conference on suspending the federal gas and diesel tax and ending the war with Iran.
“This is the kind of immediate action we need to provide Texans some relief at the pump in the middle of this affordability crisis,” Talarico said at a gas station in Carrollton, Texas.
Talarico reportedly was scheduled to attend a fundraiser in New York City featuring actor Robert De Niro two days later.
During this time stretch, Paxton has made several campaign trail stops, including speaking at Trump’s rally in San Antonio on Wednesday. Paxton has spoken at four other campaign events, including a conversation with the USHBC, and was on hand at the president’s event in Denton. At that stop, Trump said he didn’t even know Paxton was there and jokingly called him a “pain in the ass.”
President Donald Trump listens as Republican Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a campaign rally in San Antonio, on Wednesday.
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In a Truth Social post Wednesday night, Trump questioned Talarico’s whereabouts and called for a debate between the two Senate candidates.
“He should immediately report to a Debate Stage against Ken Paxton, who is ready, willing, and able,” Trump wrote.
The Paxton campaign did not respond to a request for comment about Trump’s proposed debate between the two candidates. Talarico has challenged Paxton to several debates, including one on Fox News, but the window for debates is narrowing with Election Day less than four weeks away.
Talarico will appear at a town hall hosted by CNN and Jubilee Media on Wednesday, October 14 in Fort Worth, Texas. The media outlets have also extended a town hall invitation to Paxton.
The two candidates are locked in a tight battle for the US Senate seat currently occupied by GOP Sen. John Cornyn, who Paxton defeated in a bruising Republican primary in May.
A recent New York Times/Siena University poll showed Talarico with a six-point lead over Paxton.
The close nature of the race in a state Trump won by double digits in 2024 is causing anxiety for Republicans, who are flooding the Texas airwaves in the final stretch. GOP ad spending in the state from September to November currently stands at more than $190 million compared to $52 million reserved by Democrats during the same time period.
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