🧵 Saga file #96
Texas Senate race
Oct 21, 12 PM ET to Oct 28, 4 AM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 24outlets carried a part
- 🫏10 · 5 · 7🐘left · center · right
- 6.7 daysrunning so far
- 37 minof TV captions
- 2radio newscasts
- 13people retold it online
🧵 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.
- Oct 21, 12 PM ET · on the front pages 1.9 daysBush family member votes for Talarico in Texas Senate race
- Oct 27, 12 PM ET · on the front pages 16 hoursTexas Senate race remains competitive with Talarico and Paxton in contention
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1. Bush family member votes for Talarico in Texas Senate race
Oct 21, 12 PM ET · 19 outlets · on the front pages 1.9 days
“Bush family royalty backs Democrat in battle to flip Texas blue” first: Fox News
📺 CNN 14 min, Fox News 7 min · 📻 2 newscasts · 🧶 retold by 13
2. Texas Senate race remains competitive with Talarico and Paxton in contention
Oct 27, 12 PM ET · 7 outlets · on the front pages 16 hours · 🔴 now
“Paxton, Talarico Battle in Competitive Texas Senate Race” first: The Epoch Times
📺 CNN 11 min, Fox News 3 min, MSNOW 77 s
🧩 How it's been told
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- 2026-10-22 ✨ Breaking ranks ×1
🧶 Retelling
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- Neil Bush and Barbara Bush have supported Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race. told by 13 people, on “Bush family member votes for Talarico in Texas Senate race”