Neither Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) nor Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped out of the competitive Senate race on Tuesday before the 5 p.m. deadline passed.
Both GOP primary candidates are set to face off next in the May 26 runoff election. In the primary election earlier this month, Cornyn performed slightly better than Paxton. But because neither candidate won an outright majority of votes, a runoff was triggered.
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