Senior Reporter @ WFAA | Host of Inside Texas Politics | Co-host of Y’all-itics Podcast [email protected] | Instagram: @jasonwhitely
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NEW: President Trump has moved his rally in Waco next Tuesday over to Corpus Christi. Trump will still host the rally in Lubbock, as scheduled, the same day.
#BREAKING: The FBI has arrested and charged a 17-year-old boy from McKinney for planning to assassinate Congressman Keith Self, a Republican from Collin County. wfaa.com/article/news/crime/…
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She grew up homeless, elected as an appeals court judge and is now challenging the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court wfaa.com/article/news/politi… @JasonWhitely @wfaa
Ratliff said he early voted today and split his ticket voting for some Democrats and some Republicans.
Former Texas state Rep. @BennettRatliff, a Republican, speaks at the @jamestalarico rally at UNT in Denton.
“Talarico is a man of integrity... Paxton will steal your pen and call f you’re not looking, he might steal your wife.”
Former Texas state Rep. @BennettRatliff, a Republican, speaks at the @jamestalarico rally at UNT in Denton.
“Talarico is a man of integrity... Paxton will steal your pen and call f you’re not looking, he might steal your wife.”
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Could 2026 rewrite Texas politics? 14 key races we’re watching in Nov. 3 midterm election wfaa.com/article/news/politi… @JasonWhitely @wfaa
Another leaked audio has surfaced with Ken Paxton now saying his campaign for U.S. Senate in Texas is “all coming from D.C.”
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Ken Paxton continues to trail Democrat James Talarico in U.S. Senate polls & Republicans say they’re spending tens of millions of dollars in a state that was always reliably red.
Does President Trump regret backing Paxton now rather than Cornyn? Here’s what Trump told me.
Ken Paxton’s polling numbers did not increase after the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas last month. We asked President Trump whether that surprised him.
LAWSUIT: Four residents sue Tarrant County to restore 92 voting locations that commissioners closed. The suit seeks to block the current plan from taking effect for the Nov. 3rd election, via @scoopjefferson. wfaa.com/article/news/politi…
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.@JasonWhitely’s one-on-one with President Trump: With Paxton locked in a close race for U.S. Senate against James Talarico, @wfaa asked Trump whether he regrets endorsing Paxton over Cornyn. wfaa.com/video/news/politics…
Speaking to the U.S. Hispanic Business Council, @jamestalarico says he has to join remotely because he started feeling under the weather the other day, went to an urgent care in Dallas and was diagnosed with the flu. @myushbc
#BREAKING: @KenPaxtonTX said he would debate @JamesTalarico. But the Paxton campaign has now gone silent.
Early voting begins in less than a month.
This could be the first time in almost 25yrs that U.S. Senate candidates in Texas have not met to debate. wfaa.com/article/news/politi…
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This black eye and the broken bones in his face should be the least of Robert Morris’ worries right now.
Press conference TODAY at 11am in front of the Texas Supreme Court.
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America leads in AI—and we should keep it that way.
We're 3-6 months ahead of China in AI development. That lead didn't happen by accident, and we can't regulate it away.
Read the full story from @wfaa & @JasonWhitely:
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Day 2 of the RNC midterm convention getting underway and Pastor Robert Jeffress spends some of his 5:00 on stage attacking @jamestalarico: "The beliefs of James Talarico are certainly wrong. The beliefs of James Talarico are blasphemous. They are evil."
NIGHT 1: Republicans spent a lot of time on the first night of their first-ever midterm convention talking about a person who wasn’t even in the room: Democratic U.S. Senate nominee @jamestalarico as a new poll shows Talarico leading Paxton.
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Night 1 of the Republican National Convention in Dallas, and the American Airlines Center is not at capacity as President Trump speaks. Empty seats in different parts of the stadium.
Citing the thousands of dollars that GOP supporters are paying for pictures with President Trump at the RNC, @jamestalarico tells supporters in Oak Cliff that you can take a picture with him for free.
Texas Democratic Party Chairman @KendallScudder Nan question about @JasmineForUS:
“I think yall need to get off Congresswoman Crockett’s case. The day after the election she endorsed. What she’s acknowledging in her interviews, you can’t win from the top down but the bottom up.
