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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.
It’s a loss for the Republican establishment, which viewed the brutal Texas Senate runoff as a battle for the soul of the party.
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Trump-endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton will beat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate runoff, AP projects.
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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 Tuesday in a vicious and expensive runoff election punctuated by a last-minute endorsement from Presid...
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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A race to decide which Republican, John Cornyn or Ken Paxton, will face off against the Democrat James Talarico, in November, and both parties are picking candidates for House elections.
President Donald Trump may have hurt the GOP’s midterm prospects by endorsing the scandal-prone Ken Paxton in Texas’ primary runoff election.
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