AS TRUMP ALLIES BATTLE IN TEXAS, A SAFE REPUBLICAN SENATE SEAT SUDDENLY LOOKS FRAGILE

With Republicans defending a narrow Senate majority, a messy Texas primary threatens to turn one of the party’s safest seats into an unexpected battleground for control of Congress - a scenario incumbent John Cornyn warns would be the “kiss of death” for Republicans in Texas.

Public opinion polls show Cornyn, 74, a traditional establishment conservative first elected to the Senate in 2002, trailing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, 63, a populist Trump ally who has built his profile through aggressive legal challenges against Democrats on issues like abortion, transgender rights and voting restrictions.

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