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The campaign implosion that could cost Republicans their safest stronghold
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Texas Republicans Built the Paxton Problem
The Machine Chose Him
Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign is not an accident inflicted on the Republican Party. It is the product of a political system that rewarded him for winning internal power struggles while insulating him from competitive general elections.
According to the reporting, Paxton secured Donald Trump’s backing, defeated John Cornyn, and emerged from the primary despite longstanding Republican doubts about his character. Party officials and voters knew the liabilities. They enabled his rise anyway.
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