Video taking off 68x its usual first day

Paxton and Talarico make closing pitches with Fox poll tied

FOX 9's Texas campaign report pairs contrasting rally messages with voters' concerns about living costs and border security.

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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Story of October 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 140,349 views a day, 68 times a normal first day on this channel (2,078).

Midterm elections 2026: Texas Senate race expected to be photo finish

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0:00The anchors report early voting totals nationwide and in Minnesota before surveying campaign stops.
1:33Redd describes Paxton campaigning alongside Governor Greg Abbott at a standing-room-only Wichita Falls rally.
2:24A Fox News poll puts Paxton and Talarico level at 49 percent each.
3:05Talarico tells El Paso supporters that powerful donors are spending against his campaign.
4:00Redd identifies living costs, border security and candidates' character as concerns for undecided voters.

Ken Paxton asks Texans to compare records. James Talarico warns supporters about the spending coming against him. Between their campaign speeches, FOX reporter Asher Redd presents the finding behind this report's "photo finish" title: a Fox News poll puts both candidates at 49 percent.

The Republican Texas attorney general and Democratic state representative are seeking a U.S. Senate seat in the November election. Reporting from Wichita Falls, Redd describes a standing-room-only Paxton rally alongside Governor Greg Abbott. Paxton urges voters to examine his record while attacking Talarico's politics.

The report then moves to Talarico addressing an outdoor rally in El Paso, where he casts the closing stretch as a contest against powerful donors. "In the final days of this election, they are coming at us with everything they've got," he tells supporters.

Asked what could matter to the remaining undecided voters, Redd points to the economy and border security. He also emphasizes personal qualities: "They're looking for a cheaper cost of living. They're looking for character, integrity, and most importantly, honesty."

For Minneapolis-St. Paul's FOX 9, this Texas dispatch has drawn an unusually large audience: roughly 140,000 views in its first day, compared with about two thousand for a typical regular upload. The segment starts with national and Minnesota early voting before turning to the candidates' final appeals in Texas.

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