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Cornyn tries to keep his Texas Senate seat in a runoff with Trump-backed Paxton

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 In·sur·rec·tion.

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Left / center-leftTexas GOP Senate runoff: Trump-backed Paxton projected to beat Cornyn

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CenterCornyn tries to keep his Texas Senate seat in a runoff with Trump-backed Paxton

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Right / center-rightTexas GOP Senate Primary Runoff: Trump-Backed Ken Paxton Destroys John Cornyn

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Legal InsurrectionNews report · May 26, 8:00 PM

Texas GOP Senate Primary Runoff: Trump-Backed Ken Paxton Destroys John Cornyn

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...

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ABC NewsNews report · May 27, 1:24 AM

Texas GOP Senate runoff: Trump-backed Paxton projected to beat Cornyn

Trump-endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton will beat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate runoff, AP projects.

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WNDNews report · May 27, 1:13 AM

WATCH: Texas results in as Ken Paxton crushes John Cornyn for U. S. Senate seat

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Endorsement from President Trump played key factor for state attorney general

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The Epoch TimesNews report · May 27, 1:06 AM

Paxton Defeats Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate Runoff

President Donald Trump shook up the race a week before the runoff by endorsing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn.

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Trending PoliticsNews report · May 27, 1:03 AM

BREAKING: Winner Declared In Closely-Watched Texas Senate Primary

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...

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Conservative TreehouseNews report · May 27, 12:20 AM

Texas Election, Runoff Primary – Results and Open Discussion

Today, Texas voters are choosing party nominees in runoff elections for several key statewide, congressional and local races for contests where no candidate won a majority in the March prim...

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InstapunditOpinion · May 26, 11:35 PM

LIVE: Texas Primary Results: Cornyn vs. Paxton and More.

Texas Primary Results: Cornyn vs. Paxton and More.

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Daily SignalNews report · May 26, 8:40 PM

Mehek Cooke: GOP Primaries Show a Distinct Mandate

The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said Republican incumbents across the country should view primary elections as warnings that voters are no longer s...

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The New YorkerNews report · May 26, 7:40 PM

Texas Primary Runoffs: Live Results

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.

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Daily KosNews report · May 26, 7:00 PM

John Cornyn desperately tries to save his job after Trump snub

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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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NewsBustersNews report · May 26, 3:27 PM

Troublemaker? CNN's Audie Cornish Asks: 'Is John Cornyn a RINO?'

Troublemaker? CNN's Audie Cornish Asks: 'Is John Cornyn a RINO?' On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish asked — seemingly out of nowhere — during the Group Chat on the Texas GOP...

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NBC NewsNews report · May 26, 6:39 AM

Kornacki Cam: Watch Steve analyze Texas primary runoff results

NBC News chief data analyst Steve Kornacki breaks down real-time vote tallies from the Texas primary runoffs, while giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at election night coverage.

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Cato InstituteThink tank/policy paper · May 22, 1:59 PM

Want Drama Independents? GOP Primaries Have It and More

The Republican Party primary is objectively more interesting.

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