INTRO: With just 10 days until the midterms, the Texas Senate race between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico .(tal-uh-REE-koh) is heating up. At a rally in New Braunfels (BRAWN-felz), , Texas, Attorney General Paxton stressed the importance of the election, comparing the divide between Republicans and Democrats to the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains, where raindrops landing just inches apart can flow toward opposite sides of the country.
ACK: Texas A G Ken Paxton in New Braunfels, TX
TAG: This comes as a new Fox News poll shows Paxton and his Democratic opponent, James Talarico .(tal-uh-REE-koh) , tied at 49 percent each among likely Texas voters.
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