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"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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