CBS Texas on Paxton plan

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My number one idea is the Save America Act that has to be passed to protect elections. As far as tax cuts, I\u0027ve never believed that tax cuts necessarily mean you have less in the treasury because often, if people are able to keep more of their money, they spend it and it runs through the economy.\"Paxton will continue discussing his proposals at stops in Houston, McAllen, and San Antonio later this week.A third recent statewide poll showed Paxton trailing Democrat James Talarico by two to three percentage points.Paxton expressed confidence that he would turn the polls around.\u00a0\"Once we have a chance to get our message out on what I have done vs. what he has not done, because he has accomplished nothing except really bad things, I think most Texans will not like.\"At the event, various supporters said they don\u0027t believe the polls.Regarding debates, the Paxton campaign said it is getting closer to finalizing an agreement with one outlet to do a televised debate with Talarico.The state representative from Austin has previously agreed to do three televised debates.Watch \"Eye On Politics\" at 7:30 Sunday morning on CBS News Texas on air and streaming.Follow Jack on X and Instagram: @cbs11jack","dateModified":"2026-08-04T22:53:27-0500","articleSection":["Local News"],"author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Fink","url":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/jack-fink\/","description":"Jack is as passionate about reporting today as he was when he first began his broadcast journalism career about 35 years ago.\r\n\r\nHe covers politics for CBS News Texas and hosts the weekly show Eye On Politics, which airs at 7:30 Sunday morning on CBS News Texas Channel 11 and is streamed through the CBS News app and Pluto TV at the same time. \r\n\r\nJack joined CBS News Texas in September 2003. \r\n\r\nHe regularly interviews Republican and Democratic elected officials, and interviewed Joe Biden when he ran for President in 2020 and former President Donald Trump in 2018 and when he was a candidate in 2016. \r\n\r\nWhile Jack loves covering politics, he has also worked on investigative stories and covered numerous hurricanes and tornado outbreaks.\r\n\r\nHe won an Emmy Award for his investigative report on DFW Airport spending, and Texas Associated Press awards for his stories about the previous indictments against former Governor Rick Perry, his coverage of the federal courts in Dallas and his weather coverage.\r\n\r\nBefore moving to North Texas, Jack reported for television stations in Orlando, Southern California, Fort Myers-Naples and Utica, New York.\r\n\r\nHe began his journalism career in Syracuse, where he was an anchor and reporter at WHEN-AM.\r\n\r\nJack has been happily married for more than 30 years to Amy, who is a former morning news anchor at radio station KLIF-AM in Dallas. They are the proud parents of two amazing daughters.\r\n\r\nJack and Amy both graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. \r\n\r\nWhile they still bleed Orange, they love Texas and are happy to call the Lone Star State home."}],"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/ken-paxton-texas-senate-tax-plan-allen-rally-polls-debate\/","inLanguage ":"en","name":"In Texas Senate race, Paxton proposes tax cuts to make medications, housing, and living more affordable for Texans","headline":"In Texas Senate race, Paxton proposes tax cuts to make medications, housing, and living more affordable for Texans","description":"The attorney general promoted deductions for medical costs, homebuyers and healthy living while dismissing concerns about cost and recent polling.","isAccessibleForFree":true},"headline":"In Texas Senate race, Paxton proposes tax cuts to make medications, housing, and living more affordable for Texans","description":"The attorney general promoted deductions for medical costs, homebuyers and healthy living while dismissing concerns about cost and recent polling.","url":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/ken-paxton-texas-senate-tax-plan-allen-rally-polls-debate\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","height":630,"width":1200,"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/27\/d2c84ae3-a203-40d0-a501-064d2c23449a\/thumbnail\/1200x630g2\/b01d3df14cb25481cbee8af65c339e84\/ap26147070626421.jpg"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/27\/d2c84ae3-a203-40d0-a501-064d2c23449a\/thumbnail\/1200x630g2\/b01d3df14cb25481cbee8af65c339e84\/ap26147070626421.jpg","keywords":["Texas","Ken Paxton","North Texas"],"datePublished":"2026-08-04T22:53:27-0500","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/","name":"CBS Texas"}} …