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James Talarico takes his Texas Senate campaign to Houston

Hook Global's rally broadcast draws a quarter-million views in nine hours as the Texas campaign approaches Election Day.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 462,118 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (22,649).

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Hook Global's audience is turning to a full campaign rally, not just a clipped exchange. Its live coverage of addressing Houston voters has drawn about 250,000 views in nine hours, a much faster start than the channel's usual long broadcasts.

The Democratic Senate nominee is making his case against Republican ahead of the November 3 election. The contest brings together two figures from Texas state government: Talarico serves in the state House, while Paxton is the state's attorney general. Hook Global's upload carries Talarico's Houston speech as the campaign enters its final days.

The rally sits alongside the channel's shorter campaign extracts and international news clips. Hook Global also carried live coverage of Hakeem Jeffries campaigning with House candidate Elaine Luria in Virginia Beach, giving its election coverage room for campaign events beyond individual sound bites.

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The facts
Subscribers
1,170,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
20,057,834
Channel views, pace per day
1,480,212 (on a normal day: 3,724,625)
Video published
October 31, 2026
Video views so far
250,532 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
462,118

The numbers

The Houston broadcast is starting far above Hook Global's usual pace for long videos and live streams. Its first day is still underway.

the video's first day
usual first day here
22,649
this video
462,118
subscribers
1,170,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
total views
658,131,506
views per day
1,480,212
typical day: 3,724,625
the video
views
250,532
likes
3,322
comments
0
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
CNN 10
1,200,000
Hook Global
1,170,000
10 News
1,150,000
TLDR News EU
1,150,000
As of November 1, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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