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Talarico targets Musk’s spending as Texas Senate race enters final stretch

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

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HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 1 HEADLINE

  1. 26 Oct, 06:23 UTC

    Talarico targets Musk’s spending as Texas Senate race enters final stretch

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • James Talarico · 11 outlets
  • Ken Paxton · 10 outlets
  • John Cornyn · 6 outlets
  • Donald Trump · 5 outlets
  • Fort Worth · 4 outlets
  • Ted Cruz · 4 outlets
  • 3 percentage points · 3 outlets
  • Election Day · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Elon Musk · from 15 Oct 06:39, 5 outlets
  • $64 million third quarter · from 15 Oct 12:22, 5 outlets
  • Clear Eyes · from 24 Oct 02:52, 3 outlets
  • Full Hearts · from 24 Oct 02:52, 3 outlets
  • $500 million · from 15 Oct 06:39, 2 outlets
  • Jasmine Crockett · from 15 Oct 06:39, 2 outlets
  • $100 less · from 15 Oct 14:32, 2 outlets
  • 1.3 million individuals · from 15 Oct 14:32, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • likely voters: 3,625 (1 from 8 Oct 14:16) → 881 (1 from 8 Oct 14:16) → 1,086 (1 from 11 Oct 14:11) → 615 (1 from 11 Oct 14:11) → 850 (1 from 11 Oct 14:11) → 2,000 (1 from 26 Oct 01:57) → 1,458 (1 from 26 Oct 01:57) → 861 (1 from 26 Oct 01:57) → 1,196 (1 from 26 Oct 01:57) → 400 (1 from 26 Oct 01:57) → 1,200 (1 from 26 Oct 01:57) → 1,398 (1 from 30 Oct 14:50)
  • percentage points: 2.57 (1 from 8 Oct 14:16) → 4.4 (1 from 8 Oct 14:16) → 2.9 (1 from 11 Oct 14:11) → 4.6 (1 from 11 Oct 14:11) → 3 (3 from 11 Oct 14:11) → 4.5 (1 from 11 Oct 14:11) → 1.8 (1 from 24 Oct 02:52) → 2.19 (1 from 26 Oct 01:57)
  • third quarter: $64 million (5 from 15 Oct 12:22) → $18 million (1 from 15 Oct 14:32) → $38.1 million (1 from 15 Oct 18:35)
  • registered voters: 1,139 (1 from 8 Oct 14:16) → 1,203 (1 from 8 Oct 14:16) → 1,492 (1 from 18 Oct 13:02) → 19,041,684 (1 from 26 Oct 01:57)
  • respondents said: 52% (1 from 8 Oct 14:16) → 43.6% (1 from 11 Oct 14:11) → 45% (1 from 11 Oct 14:11)
  • into race: $323 million (1 from 11 Oct 14:11) → $158 million (1 from 23 Oct 12:00) → $272 million (1 from 31 Oct 15:15)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.