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Ken Paxton Wins Big: How Texas Republicans Dumped Their Senate Veteran for a Trump-Backed Firebrand

Ken Paxton Wins Big: How Texas Republicans Dumped Their Senate Veteran for a Trump-Backed Firebrand

It is a political earthquake in Texas: Four-term incumbent John Cornyn has been unseated by Ken Paxton in a stunning primary runoff. With Donald Trump’s backing, the scandal-hit attorney-general now turns his sights on a high-stakes showdown against Democrat James Talarico that could decide the balance of power in the US Senate.