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Ken Paxton survived scandal after scandal. He couldn’t survive a Senate race.

States Newsroom · November 4, 2026

For the home stretch of his yearlong Senate campaign, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton goaded his opponent, James Talarico, to “Come and Take It.” On Tuesday night, Talarico did just that, handing Paxton his first ever electoral defeat in an election that decimated Republicans’ decades-long winning streak. Despite…

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Ken Paxton survived scandal after scandal. He couldn’t survive a Senate race.

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