Ken Paxton's Texas Senate bid draws scrutiny of his baggage and his anti-abortion influence
Photo: The Guardian USHow the sides differ Left sources stress Paxton's personal baggage and poll struggles; alternative sources stress his anti-abortion influence; right sources have not covered the story.
Alternative and independent outlets report, via ProPublica, that Ken Paxton's anti-abortion influence already extends beyond Texas and that he could take it further if he wins a seat in the US Senate. Paxton is the Texas attorney general and the Republican candidate for that Senate seat. The Guardian US, a left-leaning outlet, describes him as Trump's pick and says he carries political baggage into the race, with its headline pointing to getaway cars, affairs and fugitives in Dubai. It calls him an unusually ill-chosen candidate who is struggling in the polls, while noting he is a political survivor.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had. Those covering it focus on different matters: the Guardian on Paxton's electoral liabilities and his ability to endure, which it says could still frustrate Democratic hopes, and ProPublica on his record and potential influence on abortion policy. The excerpts do not give dates, poll figures or reactions, and neither says what happens next beyond the Senate campaign.
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The Guardian US leads with Paxton's personal and political baggage and his weak polling, while also presenting him as a resilient political survivor who could still upset Democratic hopes.
ProPublica focuses on Paxton's anti-abortion influence, which it says already reaches beyond Texas, and on how a Senate seat could let him extend it further.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.