{"id":873481,"date":"2026-06-17T12:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/873481\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:14:13","slug":"paxton-says-gop-midterm-convention-coming-to-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/873481\/","title":{"rendered":"Paxton Says GOP Midterm Convention Coming To Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the GOP plans to hold a midterm convention in Dallas this September, a rare event party officials have discussed as a way to rally voters before the November elections.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, made the comments during a tele-town hall Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/06\/16\/texas-republican-midterm-convention-dallas-rnc\/?utm_campaign=trib-social&amp;utm_content=1781627821&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to CNN and The Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that we are having the midterm convention in Dallas in September,\u201d Paxton said, according to reports. \u201cI know that we anticipate [Trump] coming to that and speaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee has discussed the idea of a midterm convention but has not yet made a formal announcement or confirmed the location. Party officials toured the American Airlines Center in Dallas earlier this year as they considered hosting options.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee amended its bylaws in January to allow for a midterm convention, Texas Scorecard <a href=\"https:\/\/texasscorecard.com\/decisiontexas\/republicans-expected-to-hold-rare-midterm-convention-in-dallas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event is expected to take place after primaries <a href=\"https:\/\/texasscorecard.com\/decisiontexas\/republicans-expected-to-hold-rare-midterm-convention-in-dallas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">conclude<\/a> in all states but before early voting begins, according to The Texas Tribune, citing a source familiar with the plans. Party officials have described the convention as a way to energize Republican voters and highlight the Trump administration\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on Texas Senate Race<\/p>\n<p>The gathering would place Texas at the center of national attention as Paxton faces Democratic nominee James Talarico in a competitive U.S. Senate race. Republicans also hope to flip additional U.S. House seats in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Texas GOP figures have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/06\/16\/texas-republican-midterm-convention-dallas-rnc\/?utm_campaign=trib-social&amp;utm_content=1781627821&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">received<\/a> prominent roles at past national events. At the 2024 Republican National Convention, Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. Ted Cruz and other Texas Republicans spoke from the main stage.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have historically faced challenges in midterm elections when a president from their party is not on the ballot. Party leaders view the convention as a way to mobilize low-propensity voters and frame the contests as a referendum on the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>RNC Chairman Joe Gruters has described the planned event as \u201cTrump-a-palooza,\u201d according to The Texas Tribune. An official announcement is expected soon and may come from President Donald Trump on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats held similar midterm conventions in past decades but decided against one this cycle due to limited resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the GOP plans to hold a midterm convention in Dallas this September,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":873482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[76379,5229,1596,69,355156,23232,196082,18880,50367,6393,146245,358,164079,199263,355155,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-873481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-2026-midterms","tag-america","tag-dallas","tag-donald-trump","tag-gop-midterm-convention","tag-james-talarico","tag-joe-gruters","tag-ken-paxton","tag-republican-national-committee","tag-republican-national-convention","tag-rnc","tag-texas","tag-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton","tag-texas-senate-race","tag-trumpa-a-palooza","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116765397393889269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}