Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, overcame scandals and a significant fund-raising disadvantage to win. His victory sets up the general-election clash that Democrats had hoped for.
Ken Paxton, the scandal-scarred attorney general of Texas and loyalist to President Trump, defeated Senator John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff election on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, casting out the state’s senior senator and … [1900 chars]
Source: The New York Times | Published: 2026-05-27T01:00:26Z
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