HOUSTON, Texas (CN) — Ken Paxton will be the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ two seats in the U.S. Senate, placing the far-right attorney general up against a progressive Democrat in the November general election.
Paxton defeated four-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn by a 27% margin, leading by about 380,000 votes with 1.38 million total cast in the Republican Senate runoff, according to the latest tallies.
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