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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T10:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Congress",
    "Politics",
    "Democrats",
    "Donald Trump",
    "John Cornyn",
    "Kay Bailey Hutchison",
    "Ken Paxton",
    "Michael Burgess",
    "Newt Gingrich",
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  "textContent": "The GOP establishment has gone to bat for John Cornyn, touting the statesmanship and Washington know-how that make him a favorite of his colleagues and a pariah among Paxton’s base.",
  "title": "Texas’ GOP Senate runoff pits an old guard-backed institutionalist against a Trump-picked flamethrower"
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