Texas GOP chair calls for Cornyn-Paxton ceasefire
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It’s the latest in a string of interventions by the new super PAC that appears to be trying to elevate weaker Democrats against Republicans to ease the GOP’s path in November.
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Texas’ GOP Senate runoff pits an old guard-backed institutionalist against a Trump-picked flamethrower
The GOP establishment has gone to bat for John Cornyn, touting the statesmanship and Washington know-how that make him a favorite of his colleagues and a pariah among Paxton’s base.
It's a clash of some of the Texas GOP's biggest titans, and only one of them will move on to run against Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico in the general election in November.
Jim Wright earned the endorsements Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows in runoff against Bo French.
Governor Greg Abbott and other GOP leaders had accused Democrats of abandoning their seats during a protest last year.