“For too many of our neighbors — for too many Texans — the American dream has become an American nightmare.” This is a politics of unity, a politics of friendship, a politics of love. Attorney General Ken Paxton, Talarico’s Republican opponent, unveiled his own economic agenda last week, dubbed “Protecting the Texas Promise” and centered on tax deductions. Talarico said his proposals, taken together, aim to recreate a “new American dream” for people “working hard and playing by the rules. “We know that the cost of housing under the Biden administration skyrocketed,” Paxton said Tuesday at the first stop of his own weeklong tour promoting his economic agenda.