AUSTIN, Texas - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico challenged Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton to participate in three televised debates.

He accuses his opponent of avoiding public scrutiny and calling on him to accept invitations from three Texas media organizations.

Local perspective: In a press release sent by James Talarico, he says he has accepted debate invitations from Nextstar Media Group, KXAN News in Austin, NBC News in Hearst and WFAA/TEGNA.