Texas Observer reader,
Thus, it ends as it began as it begins as it ended. Or something like that.
The state, and to some extent the nation, waits to see who prevails between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton in the May 26 runoffs. Trump could still endorse (and may indeed do so in the gap between press time for this magazine and when you read it), but he let pass the deadline for either candidate to formally drop out. The third GOP hopeful, Wesley Hunt, turned out to be nothing more than a marginal spoiler ensuring said runoff.
