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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T18:59:54.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Senator John Cornyn is trying to fight off Texas’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, in a battle to see how far right the state can be pushed. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, may benefit.",
  "title": "A Republican Bloodbath in the Texas Senate Primary Is Giving Democrats Hope"
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