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Texas Voters Get Final Say After Trump Backs Paxton in Runoff

May 26, 2026Center

Republican voters in Texas get their final say Tuesday in a drawn out, vitriolic and expensive primary campaign for a US Senate seat, a race that Democrats are watching closely in hopes that they could flip both houses of Congress in November.

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