Texas AG Paxton links campaign difficulties to Iran war — The Hill

In the United States, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that the war in Iran, as well as high gasoline and diesel prices, are complicating his U.S. Senate campaign. He said this during a closed fundraising event, an audio recording of which was distributed by Axios, The Hill reports.

Diesel and food prices

Answering a question about factors weighing on his campaign, Paxton named not tariffs, but the war, gasoline prices and diesel prices. According to him, when diesel costs more than $6 per gallon, people feel financial pressure, and this affects the cost of food and other goods.

A spokesperson for Paxton’s campaign told Axios that this information is not news and that the candidate merely acknowledged the obvious fact for Texas residents of high gasoline and diesel prices.

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Senate race

Paxton won the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate election in Texas, defeating incumbent Senator John Cornyn. According to the latest Decision Desk HQ polling averages, he trails Democrat James Talarico by two percentage points.

The Cook Political Report rates the Texas Senate race as one in which the candidates’ chances are roughly equal. Earlier, The New York Times published another excerpt from the audio recording of the same meeting: Paxton said that the first-ever Republican Party convention held during a midterm election cycle, which took place in Dallas the previous month, worsened Republicans’ numbers.

Donald Trump planned to visit Texas for the third time in a month and speak at a rally in San Antonio, where Paxton was also expected. The publication notes that voter dissatisfaction with the economy, the war in Iran and immigration is affecting Trump’s approval rating.