Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is throwing his support behind Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after Paxton’s primary defeat of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R) on Tuesday. In a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday, Thune said maintaining the Republican Senate majority is paramount, and that Paxton’s general election opponent, Democrat James Talarico, is a…
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Thune urges Senate GOP to ‘pivot’ from Cornyn, help Paxton win in Texas
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Originally reported by The Hill. Read the full story at the original source.
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