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Leading election forecaster gives Texas GOP the news it feared after Paxton win

May 27, 2026Left

While President Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters might be celebrating Ken Paxton's dominant win in Tuesday's Senate primary, according to one of the leading election forecasters, the result has tipped the general election odds in the direction that the Texas GOP most feared.Paxton, whose time as Texas attorney general has been plagued by scandal and…

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