John Cornyn and Ken Paxton advance to runoff in Republican primary for Texas US Senate seat

DALLAS (AP) — Longtime Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton are heading to a May runoff in Texas’ Republican Senate primary, setting up what’s expected to be a nasty and expensive second round and a renewed push to win the endorsement of President Donald Trump.

On the Democratic side, two other candidates who have garnered strong national attention — Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico — were in a race for the right to face the winner of the Cornyn-Paxton runoff.