Texas Voters Get Last Say After Trump Backs Paxton in Runoff (3)

Republican voters in Texas get their final say Tuesday in a drawn out, vitriolic and expensive primary campaign for a US Senate seat, a race that Democrats are watching closely in hopes that they could flip both houses of Congress in November.

Four-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn is fighting to continue his nearly 24-year career in Washington after President Donald Trump last week endorsed his rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Cornyn beat Paxton by about 1 percentage point in the March 3 primary, but neither candidate reached the 50% threshold needed to advance to the general election. ...