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Paxton and Platner visit Washington to shore up support for their controversial Senate candidacies

U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support. Paxton, a Republican from Texas, plans to meet with President Donald Trump after securing his endorsement.

 

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Talarico targets Paxton’s scandals in Texas Senate race, pivoting from his sunny primary message

Texas Democrat James Talarico has launched his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate. He spoke to a crowd of supporters Wednesday night in Houston and framed his Republican opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, as part of a corrupt political establishment that uses power to serve itse

 

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Cornyn went to great lengths to avoid Trump’s wrath. The Texas senator lost his seat anyway

President Donald Trump is congratulating Texas Sen. John Cornyn for having a “great career” while also congratulating the man who beat Cornyn in a primary with his endorsement.

 

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Paxton dominates Cornyn in Texas US Senate runoff, the latest sign of Trump’s hold on GOP

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. He defeated four-term Sen. John Cornyn.

 

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Cornyn and Paxton flood Texas airwaves in final day of GOP Senate runoff

Texas Republican Senate candidates Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton had no public campaign events on the last day before Tuesday’s runoff.

 

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Paxton makes his final pitch in the Texas Senate race against Cornyn, buoyed by Trump’s endorsement

Ken Paxton is playing up President Donald Trump’s endorsement as the Texas attorney general heads into the final days of U.S.

 

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Trump endorses Ken Paxton in Texas GOP primary, boosting his challenge to incumbent Sen. Cornyn

President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff.

 

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Cassidy tried to get along with Trump after his impeachment vote. Retribution came anyway

It was a hurdle too high for Bill Cassidy to clear. The Republican senator from Louisiana had tried to satisfy Donald Trump and his supporters, but they couldn’t forgive him after he voted to convict at the president’s impeachment trial over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S.

 

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Sen. Cassidy knocked out of Louisiana Republican primary as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming have advanced to a runoff in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary.

 

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ANALYSIS: Trump’s success at purging Republican dissenters may not help in midterm elections

The primary election results in Indiana have shown how President Donald Trump can punish Republican lawmakers who defy him.

 

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Trump-backed candidates win majority of Republican primary races for Indiana Senate

A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump have lost.

 

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Indiana primary will test Trump’s control over Republican Party after redistricting defiance

President Donald Trump’s influence on the Republican Party is facing a test in Indiana’s upcoming primary.

 

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CPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA’s choice for Senate over Cornyn

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has positioned himself as the grassroots favorite in the runoff election to determine the party’s Senate nominee.

 

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The top moments from this year’s CPAC conference in Texas

President Donald Trump did not attend one of the biggest yearly meetings of conservatives for the first time in nearly a decade.

 

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Older and younger conservatives at CPAC are split over Trump’s war in Iran

A sharp generational split over the Iran war is opening up at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference.

 

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Conservatives gather for CPAC with the right openly divided over the Iran war

Conservatives are holding one of their largest annual gatherings as President Donald Trump faces a tough moment and a growing rift over the Iran war.

 

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Joe Kent’s resignation over Iran war reignites antisemitism fears and debate over Israeli influence

Joe Kent’s resignation from President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism team is fueling a Republican fight over the Iran war and talk about Israel that critics call antisemitic.

 

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As Trump keeps Texas guessing, neither Cornyn nor Paxton backs down from Republican Senate runoff

President Donald Trump says he plans to endorse a candidate in the Texas Republican Senate runoff to end the painful primary.

 

Should Trump endorse Cornyn? Some Texas Republicans say it would be a MAGA ‘mistake’

President Donald Trump is weighing an endorsement in the Texas Republican Senate runoff, and some state party members say he risks backing the wrong candidate.

 

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Cornyn goes on offense against Paxton as Republicans await Trump’s endorsement

Sen. John Cornyn is going on offense against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as they fight for a Republican Senate runoff, and President Donald Trump’s endorsement hangs over it all.

 

Texan James Talarico becomes a fresh face of Democrats’ midterm hopes after Senate primary win

Texas Democrats have picked James Talarico as their Senate nominee, and the state lawmaker now becomes a national voice against President Donald Trump.

 

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Trump says he’ll make endorsement soon in the Texas Senate runoff between Paxton and Cornyn

President Donald Trump says he’ll soon endorse a Republican candidate in the Texas Senate race. And he’s warning that the divisive contest “cannot, for the good of the Party, and our Country, itself, be allowed to go on any longer.”

 

Talarico wins Texas Senate Democratic nomination while Cornyn and Paxton head to Republican runoff

State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas’ closely watched Democratic Senate primary.

 

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War in Iran jolts final day of campaigning in Texas primary

Candidates in Texas’ tightly competitive U.S. Senate primary were treading carefully in response to news of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.

 

US Senate candidates in Texas make final pitches to voters ahead of Tuesday’s primary

A heated U.S. Senate race in Texas is entering its final stretch before voters decide Tuesday who will be their party’s nominee in November.

 

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Trump’s ‘pretty much’ decided whom to endorse in Texas’ Senate primary but isn’t yet saying a name

President Donald Trump says he’s “pretty much” made his decision on whom to endorse in Texas’ heated Republican Senate primary, but he still refuses to name his pick publicly.

 

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Wesley Hunt is facing attacks from better-known rivals Cornyn, Paxton in Texas’ GOP Senate primary

Texas U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt’s rivals are increasing their attacks on the two-term Republican ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate.

 

Texas Republican Paxton steps up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. Cornyn ahead of early voting

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is stepping up his race for the U.S. Senate with early voting about to begin for the March 3 GOP primary.

 

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3 elections in 4 months and new US House map lead to confusion and voter fatigue in Texas district

Voters in Texas’ 18th District have had little break in a series of elections as the result of the Republican-controlled state Legislature’s redrawing of congressional districts last year.

 

Democrats Crockett, Talarico align on much in Texas Senate debate. Trump impeachment is different

Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarici differed more on style than substance in their first debate for U.S. Senate in heavily Republican Texas.

 

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