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Readers discuss Senator John Cornyn's loss to Ken Paxton in Tuesday's Republican primary. Also: Investigating E. Jean Carroll; Mets and Knicks; religion and A.I.
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(First column, 13th story, link)
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With Ken Paxton defeating John Cornyn in Texas' Republican runoff for the Senate, The New York Times's national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why Democrats may now see their best chance in years to flip the seat.
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Paxton's victory for the Republican nomination and a big shift among Hispanic voters have put a Senate seat within reach.
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Republican voters made a familiar bet, that Texas is conservative enough that any Republican, even the most conservative, will beat a Democrat.
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The two Republican critics of President Trump — Thomas Massie, who lost his House primary last week, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress — met up in the tropics.
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Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska is still meeting with constituents long after most G.O.P. members of Congress have concluded it is too politically dangerous to do so.
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Republican leaders in the state have asked the justices to clear the way for a congressional map that a lower court found discriminated against Black voters.
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President Trump's record of ousting those he sees as disloyal continued apace with Senator John Cornyn's defeat. Whether his relationship with Senate Republicans can be repaired is another question.
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Many Democrats and some Republicans said the scandal-plagued Ken Paxton's victory could turn Texas into a battleground state that will determine Senate control.
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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general endorsed by President Trump, defeated John Cornyn, a four-term Republican senator, in a runoff. The race's results reflected Trump's influence over the party.
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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, overcame scandals and a significant fund-raising disadvantage to win. His victory sets up the general-election clash that Democrats had hoped for.
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Michigan's pro-abortion Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rejected $20 million in funding reserved by Republicans for pro-life adoption campaigns and crisis pregnancy centers.
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