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Paxton and Cornyn locked in tight runoff without Trump endorsement weeks away from election day

With the runoff just three weeks away, the Texas Senate GOP race is down to the wire between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX). A new poll from the University of Houston‘s Hobby School of Public Affairs shows Paxton leading Cornyn by a

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Paxton and Cornyn locked in tight runoff without Trump endorsement weeks away from election dayWith the runoff just three weeks away, the Texas Senate GOP race is down to the wire between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX). A new poll from the University of Houston‘s Hobby School of Public Affairs shows Paxton leading Cornyn by a
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