Paxton Considers Dropping Out of U.S. Senate Runoff if SAVE Act Passes as Republicans Await Trump Endorsement

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President Donald Trump has announced he will endorse either U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) or Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate primary runoff and will ask the other to drop out of the race. 

Cornyn and Paxton successfully edged out Congressman Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38) during Tuesday’s Republican primary election, but neither secured the majority of the vote and thus were set for a runoff election on May 26.

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