Talarico joined the show virtually from the campaign trail, talking about issues facing rural and West Texas. Paxton's stop landed him in the Hub City itself, where he broke down his positions for Phillips in person.
Two candidates, two formats, same race. One phoned in from wherever the campaign trail happened to be that day, while the other showed up on the ground in Lubbock, giving West Texas voters a face to face moment before heading to the next stop.
For people here, it means a direct look at how two candidates running for the same Senate seat are courting West Texas voters differently.
Neither approach tells the whole story on its own. A virtual interview reaches viewers fast but skips the retail politics of showing up. An in person stop takes more time and travel, though it puts a candidate physically in front of the people he wants to represent. Lubbock got both versions of a Senate campaign in the same week, one through a webcam and one through a handshake.