Texas AG Ken Paxton officially joins U.S. Senate race challenging John Cornyn
By Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s midterm elections, setting up a barnburner clash of two Republican titans that is sure to reverberate across state and national politics. The contest, teased by Paxton for months, promises to be among the most heated and expensive Republican primaries in the country and in recent Texas history. […]
