ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Voter Registration Backlogs Continue; Competitive Elections Drive Ahead; Paxton Fundraising Best, Still Worse Than Talarico; Victory in Big Bend.
Check our our election protection series with the Texas Civil Rights Project: https://act.progresstexas.org/a/tcrpseries
Become a poll monitor and more: https://progresstexas.org/podcast/election-protection-and-voter-mobilization-texas-civil-rights-project-series-part-4
Votebeat: https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/10/05/voter-registration-system-team-secretary-of-state/
Texas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/06/texas-2026-elections-competitive-races-us-congress-state-legislature/
Texas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/05/ken-paxton-third-quarter-fundraising-texas-senate-race-2026/
Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/article/ken-paxton-lifestyle-trips-22461279.php
Texas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/02/texas-big-bend-border-wall-court-ruling-injunction/
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