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🧵 Saga file #9

Ken Paxton Senate Campaign Controversy

Oct 4, 6 PM ET to Oct 6, 6 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now

🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.

  1. Oct 4, 6 PM ET · on the front pages 1.6 daysAngela Paxton endorses Texas GOP ticket
  2. Oct 5, 1 PM ET · on the front pages 1.2 daysKen Paxton admits campaign is controlled by Washington in leaked audio

📰 Spread

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Oct 512 PMOct 612 PM1428Angela Paxton endorses Texas GOP ticketKen Paxton admits campaign is controlled by Washington in leaked audio
Front pages carrying each part at each hourly run, Oct 4, 6 PM to Oct 6, 6 PM ET (peak 28), stacked by part: 1 · 2
Oct 512 PMOct 612 PM1. Angela Paxton endorses Texas GOP …Angela Paxton endorses Texas GOP ticketAngela Paxton endorses Texas GOP ticket: Oct 4, 6 PM to Oct 6, 8 AM ET, 12 outlets2. Ken Paxton admits campaign is con…Ken Paxton admits campaign is controlled by Washington in leaked audioKen Paxton admits campaign is controlled by Washington in leaked audio: Oct 5, 1 PM to Oct 6, 6 PM ET, 16 outlets📺 TVCNN, Oct 5, 8:22 PM ET: NEW AD FEATURES PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKING. HIS CANDIDACY WITHOUT MENTIONING HIM BY NAMECNN, Oct 5, 8:23 PM ET: NEW AD FEATURES PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKING. HIS CANDIDACY WITHOUT MENTIONING HIM BY NAMECNN, Oct 5, 11:10 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMECNN, Oct 5, 11:10 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMECNN, Oct 5, 11:11 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMEFox News, Oct 4, 9:31 PM ET: FOX NEWS POLL: TALARICO LEADS PAXTON IN TEXASFox News, Oct 4, 9:32 PM ET: FOX NEWS POLL: TALARICO LEADS PAXTON IN TEXASFox News, Oct 5, 12:31 AM ET: FOX NEWS POLL: TALARICO LEADS PAXTON IN TEXASFox News, Oct 5, 12:31 AM ET: FOX NEWS POLL: TALARICO LEADS PAXTON IN TEXASFox News, Oct 5, 12:32 AM ET: FOX NEWS POLL: TALARICO LEADS PAXTON IN TEXASCNN, Oct 5, 12:01 PM ET: KEN PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE: I'M VOTING FOR "REPUBLICAN TICKET"CNN, Oct 5, 12:02 PM ET: KEN PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE: I'M VOTING FOR "REPUBLICAN TICKET"CNN, Oct 5, 12:09 PM ET: KEN PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE AND GOP STATE SEN. ANGELA PAXTON ENDORSES TEXAS GOP "TICKET" IN NEW TV ADCNN, Oct 5, 12:10 PM ET: KEN PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE AND GOP STATE SEN. ANGELA PAXTON ENDORSES TEXAS GOP "TICKET" IN NEW TV ADCNN, Oct 5, 12:11 PM ET: KEN PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE AND GOP STATE SEN. ANGELA PAXTON ENDORSES TEXAS GOP "TICKET" IN NEW TV ADCNN, Oct 5, 1:04 PM ET: NEW AD FEATURES PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKING. HIS CANDIDACY WITHOUT MENTIONING HIM BY NAMECNN, Oct 5, 1:05 PM ET: NEW AD FEATURES PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKING. HIS CANDIDACY WITHOUT MENTIONING HIM BY NAMECNN, Oct 5, 6:51 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMECNN, Oct 5, 6:51 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMECNN, Oct 5, 6:51 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMECNN, Oct 5, 6:51 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMECNN, Oct 5, 6:52 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMECNN, Oct 5, 6:53 PM ET: PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKS HIM IN AD WITHOUT SAYING HIS NAMECNN, Oct 5, 11:08 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 11:09 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 11:09 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 11:10 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 6, 12:02 AM ET: TEXAS JAMES TALARICO D 51% KEN PAXTON RCNN, Oct 6, 1:06 AM ET: TEXAS JAMES TALARICO D 51% KEN PAXTON RCNN, Oct 6, 2:23 AM ET: NEW AD FEATURES PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKING. HIS CANDIDACY WITHOUT MENTIONING HIM BY NAMECNN, Oct 6, 4:23 AM ET: NEW AD FEATURES PAXTON'S ESTRANGED WIFE BACKING. HIS CANDIDACY WITHOUT MENTIONING HIM BY NAMEMSNOW, Oct 6, 5:01 AM ET: WHO IS CONTROLLING PAXTON'S CAMPAIGNMSNOW, Oct 6, 5:10 AM ET: PAXTON CLAIMS DC IS CONTROLLING HIS U.S. SENATEFox News, Oct 6, 7:05 AM ET: TRUMP WILL CAMPAIGN WITH KEN PAXTON IN TEXASFox News, Oct 6, 10:36 AM ET: OSBORNE ADDRESSES AUDIO LEAK SLAMMING TRUMP VOTERSMSNOW, Oct 5, 4:49 PM ET: PAXTON TRIES TO SHIFT BLAME AS TEXAS SENATE RACE HEATS UPMSNOW, Oct 5, 4:52 PM ET: PAXTON TRIES TO SHIFT BLAME AS TEXAS SENATE RACE HEATS UPMSNOW, Oct 5, 6:02 PM ET: LEAK: GOP’S PAXTON SEEMS TO KNOCK TRUMPMSNOW, Oct 5, 6:03 PM ET: LEAK: GOP’S PAXTON SEEMS TO KNOCK TRUMPMSNOW, Oct 5, 6:08 PM ET: GOP’S PAXTON IN LEAKED AUDIO, AICNN, Oct 5, 6:49 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 6:49 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 6:49 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 6:49 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 6:50 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 6:50 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIOCNN, Oct 5, 6:51 PM ET: POLITICO: PAXTON SAYS WASHINGTON RUNS HIS CAMPAIGN IN LEAKED AUDIO🧶 online🧶retold online (the day's report)
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1. Angela Paxton endorses Texas GOP ticket

Oct 4, 6 PM ET · 12 outlets · on the front pages 1.6 days

“Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Makes Her Choice In Texas Senate Race” first: The Daily Wire, The Washington Times

📺 CNN 11 min, Fox News 2 min · 🧶 retold by 8

2. Ken Paxton admits campaign is controlled by Washington in leaked audio

Oct 5, 1 PM ET · 16 outlets · on the front pages 1.2 days · 🔴 now

“Talarico leads Paxton by 2 points in tightening Texas Senate race” first: News Nation

📺 CNN 10 min, MSNOW 3 min, Fox News 34 s

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