Trump makes last-minute push to keep Texas in Republican hands with third trip
By STEVEN SLOAN and JESSE BEDAYN Trump was in Corpus Christi and will later travel to Lubbock to boost Republican Ken Paxton’s competitive U.S. Senate campaign against Democrat James Talarico. Not ceding the stage to the presidential spotlight, Talarico was in Amarillo, where he assailed a “broken, corrupt” political system. Like Trump and Paxton, he’ll later appear in Lubbock. Democrat Gina Hinojosa is also waging a spirited campaign against GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, who is seeking his fourth term. “We’re celebrating the greatest oil victory in history,” Trump said in Corpus Christi. Trump is entering the final week of his last midterms in a frenzied push to shore up Republican strongholds against unusually competitive Democratic candidates. Beyond Texas, he swung through Mississippi, Michigan, Georgia, Florida and Iowa over the past week, and his next stops are Ohio, South Carolina…















































