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Trump-backed Ken Paxton has defeated Sen. John Cornyn in Texas' GOP Senate primary runoff, CBS News projects. Jessi Mitchell anchored CBS News' special report.
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Trump-backed Ken Paxton has defeated Sen. John Cornyn in Texas' GOP Senate primary runoff, CBS News projects. Jessi Mitchell anchored CBS News' special report.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) became the latest casualty of President Trump’s revenge tour on Tuesday after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) easily trounced the incumbent in the Senate GO...
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Trump said the senator "was not supportive of me when times were tough.”
The race will help determine whether Democrats can win back control of the US Senate for the last half of the Trump presidency.
Decisive victory for controversial attorney-general Ken Paxton shows US president’s enduring hold on Republican Party
Trump-endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton will beat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate runoff, AP projects.
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The state’s attorney general defeated the incumbent senator following the President’s endorsement last week.
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Texas state Sen. Mayes Middleton has won the Republican runoff for Texas attorney general. The Associated Press called the race for Middleton at 9:57 p.m. EDT when he had a 55.8% to 44.2% l...
Mr Paxton will face Democratic state representative James Talarico in a high-profile race that could help decide control of the Senate.
President Donald Trump's endorsements loomed large over Tuesday's runoff elections in Texas.
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The race was largely viewed as a referendum on establishment Republicans' reluctance to deliver wins like the Save America Act.
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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.
The talk about the death of President Donald Trump’s influence in the GOP appears to have been greatly exaggerated. Despite pushback from within his own party, Trump’s endorsement in a […]
Cornyn conceded after the race was called and pledged to support the GOP ticket in the general election.
Republicans have feared that the scandal-plagued Paxton could cost them the seat, despite Democrats not winning a Texas Senate race in almost 40 years
President Donald Trump last week endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
Some Republicans expect ensuring Paxton wins in Texas will cost $250 million
The state attorney general, endorsed by Donald Trump, defeated the incumbent John Cornyn, and will face off against the Democrat James Talarico, in November.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ousted four-term US Senator John Cornyn on Tuesday, riding President Donald Trump’s endorsement to a run-off victory for the Republican Senate nomination...
Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated John Cornyn, a roughly 23-year Senate incumbent, in Tuesday’s Republican U. S. Senate runoff, advancing to face Democrat J...
Paxton will face off against Democratic candidate James Talarico
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton squared off and won against incumbent four-term Senator John Cornyn in a high-stakes Republican primary runoff Tuesday evening.
Republican primary voters on Tuesday rejected U. S. Sen. John Cornyn, one of the Senate's most senior GOP members, in favor of Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Why it matters...
Ken Paxton has won. John Cornyn’s career could be over. Republican senators tried to convince us that John Cornyn is MAGA. It looks like Mayes Middleton will win. Source
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's challenge to incumbent Sen. John Cornyn went unresolved in the heated Republican primary race on March 3, as neither candidate proved able to secure 50%...
Endorsement from President Trump played key factor for state attorney general
Ken Paxton came out victorious in an expensive and contentious Senate primary race where Trump caused some concern within his own party over his endorsement. The post BREAKING: Ken Paxton S...
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President Donald Trump’s 11 th hour endorsement against incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn seems to have paid off in Texas as Trump’s champion Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton swamped C...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican nomination for U. S. Senate after defeating incumbent Senator John Cornyn in Tuesday’s high-stakes runoff election. Prior to the cal...
Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged Sen. John Cornyn's reelection and won President Trump's endorsement in the bitter primary fight that cost Republicans more than $1...
Paxton’s landslide victory is the latest example of Trump’s unrivaled influence in Republican Party politics.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily defeated four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday in a vicious and expensive runoff election punctuated by a last-minute endorsement from Pre...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stormed to a blowout victory in the state’s Republican Senate runoff, handily defeating four-term incumbent John Cornyn and setting the stage for a Novembe...
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Prediction markets gave Ken Paxton a 97% chance of victory as polls closed, and early election-night returns show the President Trump-backed attorney general building a huge lead over Sen....
Huge news out of the Lone Star State.
Texas voters on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to move on from longtime incumbent senator John Cornyn (R-TX), handing the longtime incumbent a devastating defeat and delivering a sharp rebuke...
The race is also another test regarding President Donald Trump's influence. The post Texas GOP Senate Primary Runoff: Trump-Backed Ken Paxton Destroys John Cornyn first appeared on Le·gal I...
Texans head to the polls for a number of primary runoffs, including the Senate race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton.
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