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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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Senator John Cornyn lost to his MAGA-aligned challenger, Ken Paxton, by 28 percentage points. It was a historically poor showing.
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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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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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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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Bo French's runoff victory gave Democrats fresh hope that they could compete for a seat regulating the state's powerful oil and gas industry.
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The president's candidate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has faced numerous scandals, while Sen. John Cornyn has failed to excite the base.
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Mr. Allred beat the incumbent, Representative Julie Johnson, and is now favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic Dallas-based district.
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The runoff was a test of whether the Democratic Party could successfully distance itself from a left-wing candidate whom leaders called antisemitic.
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