Inspect candidate proposals and official actions, with their sources and dates. Start with the Texas U.S. Senate race and TCL’s existing local election research.
What this collection covers.
Three Senate candidacies listed in the August 28, 2026 official ballot certification. This is not a complete statewide or write-in candidate directory. County alone cannot identify every race on a voter’s ballot.
Election Day is November 3. The published early-voting period is October 19–30.
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November 3, 2026 election calendarTexas Secretary of State · Retrieved 2026-10-20November 3, 2026 election law calendar: first/last day of early voting and Election Day
Reviewed 2026-10-20. Evidence ID: fact:election-date-20261103. A statement or filing is not proof that a proposal became law or that a court adopted an argument.
The documented Senate candidacies.
Initial order is alphabetical; party labels come from the certification. Listing order is not a recommendation.
August 28, 2026 certification · selected statewide race
His campaign proposes regulated adult-use marijuana legalization.
A U.S. Senate campaign proposal, observed on this date; enactment or implementation is not established.
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Public Safety & Justice platformTalarico campaign · Retrieved 2026-10-20My Priorities in the U.S. Senate → Legalize regulated marijuana for adults
Reviewed 2026-10-20. Evidence ID: statement:talarico-adult-use-20261020. A statement or filing is not proof that a proposal became law or that a court adopted an argument.
James Talarico: expungement proposal
Attributed statement · 2026-10-20
The same platform proposes expunging marijuana-related arrest records.
A proposed policy is separate from a recorded legislative vote or a law in force.
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Public Safety & Justice platformTalarico campaign · Retrieved 2026-10-20My Priorities in the U.S. Senate → Legalize regulated marijuana for adults
Reviewed 2026-10-20. Evidence ID: statement:talarico-expungement-20261020. A statement or filing is not proof that a proposal became law or that a court adopted an argument.
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton: five-city lawsuit announcement
Source fact · 2024-01-31
The attorney general’s office announced lawsuits against Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton over local marijuana policies.
A historical agency announcement. It documents the announced action and the office’s position, not a court judgment or a current Senate campaign promise.
Reviewed 2026-10-20. Evidence ID: fact:paxton-five-city-announcement-20240131. A statement or filing is not proof that a proposal became law or that a court adopted an argument.
Ken Paxton: limits of the reviewed issues page
Document review · 2026-10-20
No cannabis proposal was found on the campaign issues page reviewed October 20.
This limited source observation does not establish support, opposition, silence elsewhere or the absence of a policy position.
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Campaign issues pagePaxton campaign · Retrieved 2026-10-20Visible campaign issues page; bounded document review, not a comprehensive search of all public statements.
Reviewed 2026-10-20. Evidence ID: observation:paxton-issues-20261020. A statement or filing is not proof that a proposal became law or that a court adopted an argument.
Ted Brown
Ted Brown: questionnaire proposals
Attributed statement · 2026-10-13
Brown proposes federal descheduling, ending federal cannabis regulation, repealing Texas adult-use prohibitions and expunging marijuana records.
The publisher says responses were lightly edited. The proposals are attributed to Brown; this record does not establish an officeholder’s authority to implement each one.
Reviewed 2026-10-20. Evidence ID: statement:brown-questionnaire-20261013. A statement or filing is not proof that a proposal became law or that a court adopted an argument.
Understand the evidence types.
A campaign statement documents a proposal. An official-action announcement documents what an office announced. A recorded vote requires the specific motion, date and bill version. None of those alone establishes law in force or a candidate’s position on every cannabis issue.
Different positions on adult use, medical access, hemp, penalties and expungement remain separate. A reviewed page without a proposal is not evidence of support or opposition.
Follow the local record.
Houston Proposition A research connects a city proposal with the limits of the Harris County arrest series. Open a county hub for local public records; this is not an address-based district or ballot lookup.
Sources, dates and corrections.
Evidence reviewed October 20, 2026. A source’s publication date, the date of an action or statement and TCL’s retrieval date are separate fields. Original pages can change; the reviewed snapshots are retained with hashes.
