Trump’s handpicked candidate may cost his party their most important state
Republicans are fretting that a candidate endorsed by Donald Trump may cost them in their most important state.
Ken Paxton has claimed the nomination as the Republican Senate candidate in Texas, beating long-time incumbent John Cornyn.
His comfortable win this morning over Cornyn comes after Trump threw his support behind Paxton last week after a bitter and expensive primary election.
Ken Paxton lost his vision in one eye in a hide-and-seek mishap when he was 12. (AP)
But Paxton has been so scandal-prone that it could give Democrats an opening in the conservative state.
As Texas attorney-general, his own staff reported him to the FBI with bribery and corruption accusations.
Paxton then fired the whistleblowers.
He was impeached by the state House of R...
