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Out today: In many ways, John Cornyn's Senate career was already over when he narrowly lost his long-coveted shot at becoming majority leader last year. His path to power was blocked, in part, by a pressure campaign led by Ken Paxton and his allies. https://www.texasobserver.org/ken-paxton-runoff-endorsement-trump-cornyn/

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"Billionaires prefer corrupt candidates.

Cornyn wasn't corrupt enough."

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Here are the donors bankrolling John Cornyn and Ken Paxton’s record-breaking Senate primary

WASHINGTON — In 1996, Ross Perot Jr. bought a controlling stake in the Dallas Mavericks for $125 million.The Republican Senate contest between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, as it turns out, is almost as expensive.

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