Trump needs to stump up $200M for Republicans to win Texas, senator pleads: ‘We need help’
- The Republican who won Texas’s Senate primary with Donald Trump’s backing is now hoping the president and Senate Republicans will help him keep the seat from falling into Democratic hands in the midterms.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won a contentious primary against the incumbent senator, John Cornyn, and secured the GOP nomination in May.
- Since then, he’s been running neck and neck with Democratic state Rep.
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- The Republican who won Texas’s Senate primary with Donald Trump’s backing is now hoping the president and Senate Republicans will help him keep the seat from falling into Democratic hands in the midterms.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won a contentious primary against the incumbent senator, John Cornyn, and secured the GOP nomination in May.
- Since then, he’s been running neck and neck with Democratic state Rep.
Sources: The Independent