The Daily Populous Tuesday July 21st, 2026 evening edition
Authored by ms.now and submitted by andmario_com

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s real estate holdings were already a political mess. Not only has the Republican been accused of using an address where he did not live while voting in recent elections, he also has faced allegations that he and his estranged wife declared three separate homes as their primary residence in mortgage documents — a practice that his party has, in other situations, characterized as an outrageous abuse.

These controversies generated a broader question about just how many homes Paxton, the GOP’s Senate nominee in Texas this year, currently owns.

His 2026 opponent, Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, recently told MS NOW’s Jen Psaki, “Since taking office, Ken Paxton has now become a multimillionaire, while our pay has remained stagnant for years, for decades. He now owns 11 homes, while most Texans can’t afford one.” MaddowBlog published a fact-check report last week that largely confirmed Talarico’s claim: Paxton, either in his personal capacity or through the trust that oversees his assets, owns five homes in Texas, three in Florida, two in Utah and one in Oklahoma. (Publicly available materials also point to a Paxton-owned lot in Hawaii, although there does not appear to be any structure on the property.)

Although it seems hard to believe, it now appears that Talarico understated matters.

danimagoo on July 21st, 2026 at 11:13 UTC »

“Every time a fighter like Donald Trump and Ken Paxton stand up to the political elite”

What? Ken Paxton, who has held elected office for 23 years and been Texas AG for 11, isn’t part of the political elite? And James Talarico, who has been in the Texas House for 8 years, and is running for statewide office for the first time ever, is?

JoeBiden-2016 on July 21st, 2026 at 10:06 UTC »

In practically every show or movie about a criminal enterprise that makes its participants gobs of money, there's a scene in which the leader issues a warning to the others not to be flashy and spend tons of money, so as not to attract suspicion and get them all caught.

It's a key montage in Goodfellas, as I recall.

Now here's the AG of Texas, with a publicly-known salary of $157k / yr, owning 11 houses and buying up three condos for a total price of over a million dollars.

Naked corruption.

I only wish we had Bobby de Niro and Joe Pesci around to help with this situation.

ZhaozhouCongshen on July 21st, 2026 at 09:34 UTC »

> Since taking office, Ken Paxton has now become a multimillionaire, while our pay has remained stagnant for years, for decades. He now owns 11 homes, while most Texans can’t afford one.” MaddowBlog published a fact-check report last week that largely confirmed Talarico’s claim: Paxton, either in his personal capacity or through the trust that oversees his assets, owns five homes in Texas, three in Florida, two in Utah and one in Oklahoma. (Publicly available materials also point to a Paxton-owned lot in Hawaii, although there does not appear to be any structure on the property.)

His salary is $157k. Can these politicians not be so obvious.

edit: His reported salary is $153k not $157K I gave him an extra 4k a year in earnings. I mean that extra 4k is enough to buy 3 homes. /s