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In tight Texas Senate race, Trump's immigration crackdown tests Republicans' hold on voters

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The race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton is hotly contested and enormously expensive, with total ad spending topping $500 million.

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What the coverage shows

The New York Times frames the story around Republican ad spending in Senate races and says the party is vastly outspending Democrats there. The Hill diverges sharply, using its headline and extract to focus on the Mississippi Senate race and a conversation with Scott Colom about campaigning with Pete Buttigieg; that is the only outlet here to foreground that angle.

Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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