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INTRO: Texas voters will decide in less than two weeks who they want as their next U-S senator: Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton or Democratic State Representative James Talarico (TAA’-luh-REE’-koh). President Donald Trump speculates about Talarico’s absence from the campaign trail earlier this month on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
ACK: President Donald Trump
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TAG: Talarico said he had been recovering from the flu … but the absence fueled false rumors from Republicans. The race could determine which party controls the Senate.
KEYWORD: Politics, POTUS, Election
