US EditionRepublicans have "a lot to be worried about" in Texas GOP primary: CNN data analyst
Paxton leads GOP primary at 36%, but his legal and personal scandals could turn Texas Senate seat competitive, risking GOP majority and costly resource shifts, analysts say.
- Senate Republicans warned that Ken Paxton's nomination could make the March 3 GOP primary in Texas competitive, risking a May runoff and jeopardizing the seat, the source states.
- Ken Paxton's long-running legal troubles have included a 2023 Texas House of Representatives impeachment and sustained MAGA support despite scandals and a public divorce last year.
- Republican donors have poured roughly $100 million into the primary as polling shows Ken Paxton at 36%, Sen. John Cornyn at 34%, and Rep. Wesley Hunt at 26%.
- Sen. John Thune warned that if Cornyn loses, Republicans could spend hundreds of millions defending the seat, risking their 53-47 Senate control.
- Amid lobbying from Senate Republicans for a Trump endorsement, `Bannon told Playbook` that the Trump team should have stayed out of the race, illustrating intra-GOP rifts.
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Republicans have "a lot to be worried about" in Texas GOP primary: CNN data analyst
Establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C., have "a lot to be worried about" if Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, according to a CNN data analyst.
CNN data guru floored by Texas Senate GOP race polling: 'A lot to be worried about!'
CNN data guru Harry Enten was floored on Thursday night by the latest polling in the Texas GOP Senate primary race between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX).The latest polling shows that Paxton leads the primary with 36% support from voters.
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