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12. Ridiculous. Neither Cornyn or Paxton were ever going to get 50% of the vote

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:08 PM

16 hrs ago

so the Republican primary was always going to go to a runoff. Cornyn could get every single vote in Dallas county and it would still go to a runoff.

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