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'Paxton is cooked': Eyes widen as new polls add to GOP's worst fears in Texas
Texas Republicans Built a Senate Trap of Their Own MakingThe Poll Is Not the StoryThe poll is the symptom. The story is that Texas Republicans took a statewide race that should have been fortified by incumbency, money, and partisan advantage, and turned it into a liability by elevating Ken Paxton. James Talarico’s reported 47 to 43 lead matters, but not because it suddenly made Texas “competitive” in some abstract sense. It matters because it exposes how much damage Republican leadership has already done to its own coalition.Power Sat With the PartyActual institutional power in this race…
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