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Politics● LowSep 27 · Sep 27, 2026, 8:33 PM

Manchin says ‘if character means anything, you can’t vote for Ken Paxton’

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Sunday took aim at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican candidate in the Lone Star State’s Senate race, deriding his “character.” During an interview with NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt on “The Hill Sunday,” Manchin was asked about Texas’s Democratic Senate candidate, state Rep. James Talarico. “I don’t know that…

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