Why 🦄 UsSenateElections picked: Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him

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Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.

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Why 🦄 UsSenateElections picked: Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him

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