Paxton Puts Texas at the Center of the Senate Map
Thursday, May 28, 2026 · 11 min
Texas Senate race is now being treated as a tossup after Ken Paxton’s landslide over John Cornyn, giving James Talarico a real but still historic path and forcing both parties to rethink Senate majority math.
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Texas Senate race is now being treated as a tossup after Ken Paxton’s landslide over John Cornyn, giving James Talarico a real but still historic path and forcing both parties to rethink Senate majority math.
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- Morning Digest: Paxton demolishes Cornyn in Texas — The Downballot
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