The GOP’s Texas-sized Ken Paxton dilemma

Published September 5, 2026 7:00am ET



Republicans are getting pretty fed up with their Senate nominee in Texas, state attorney general Ken Paxton.

The scandal-tainted and once-impeached Paxton is a flawed candidate in all kinds of ways that were predictable and, in fact, widely predicted.

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