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Ken Paxton Wants John Cornyn’s US Senate Seat

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Paxton is positioning himself as a disruptor, pledging in a social media post to “take a sledgehammer to the D.C. establishment” and dismissing Cornyn as a 24-year incumbent who’s no longer effective.
From Roll Call
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate in a primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, setting up what is likely to become one of the GOP’s most contentious and ...
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Cornyn's campaign immediately highlighted the U.S. senator's own support for Trump and called Paxton a fraud.
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