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Lauren Gambino in Austin

Texas Senate seat fight heads to runoff after neither candidate secures required votes

a composite image of two men
John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. Composite: Brandon Bell/Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images

A bitter primary contest between the four-term Republican US senator John Cornyn and the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, ended in a runoff on Tuesday.

In Texas, a primary runoff is declared if neither candidate are able to capture 50% of the vote. Paxton and Cornyn will now face that election on 26 May.

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