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Battle for Texas Senate seat hinges on Republican runoff and a Trump endorsement

Mar 4, 2026Center Right

The fate of a U.S. Senate seat in Texas likely rests on a May 26 GOP runoff between four-term Republican incumbent John Cornyn and the state's ultra-conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton.

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