Paxton Meets Senate GOP Leaders Over 1 Texas Seat as Viability Concerns Shadow Primary Upset
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 31
Paxton Meets Senate GOP Leaders Over 1 Texas Seat as Viability Concerns Shadow Primary Upset
5 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 31
Washington meetings are set for Ken Paxton, the Texas Republican Senate nominee, as he tries to reassure Senate GOP leaders about holding a seat in the largest reliably red state.
Those concerns persist because top Senate Republicans had backed six-term incumbent John Cornyn over Paxton, signaling unease about the nominee they now must defend.
Paxton nevertheless won the primary decisively after President Donald Trump endorsed him in the campaign’s final days, overriding establishment support for Cornyn.
The outreach comes with baggage still attached: Paxton is Texas attorney general, settled a criminal securities-fraud charge and was impeached by the GOP-led Texas House.
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