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Ken Paxton battered by ominous new Senate poll
Texas Is Not Settling Down. Its GOP Is Fraying.The Poll Is the SymptomA new Texas Public Opinion Research survey puts Democrat James Talarico ahead of Ken Paxton, 45% to 40%, with especially strong numbers among independents and voters without college degrees. The article treats this as a potentially historic Senate development, and it is, but the deeper fact is simpler: the Texas Republican coalition is not behaving like a disciplined governing majority. It is behaving like a damaged machine trying to hold together under its own rot.Paxton Is the Liability in ChargeThe key institutional…
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