United States President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican run-off to represent the state of Texas in the US Senate in advance of next week’s Republican primary.In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said that Paxton has been “extremely loyal to me and our AMAZING MAGA MOVEMENT” while also saying that his opponent, incumbent John Cornyn, was not supportive of him when “times were tough”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn March, Trump said the candidate who did not earn his endorsement should “DROP OUT OF THE RACE”.In order to clinch the party nomination in Texas, a candidate must win a clear majority. Neither candidate met that threshold in the state’s primary election in early March.Texas also has open primaries, meaning a voter does not have to be a member of a given political party to vote in that party’s primary. However, voters must pledge to vote only in one party’s primary election.Paxton has long been the favourite to take the state’s Republican nomination, but faces a tighter race in the general election. Paxton, 63, has never lost an election despite his political career facing waves of controversy, including adultery and facing indictment on felony securities fraud charges. Paxton was also impeached, including by members of his own party.Recent polls have the Republican run-off as a tight race. An early May poll from Texans for a Conservative Majority, a super PAC aligned w …
