Ken Paxton’s legal woes are lifting, clearing a path for a likely Senate run

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has all but declared a run for U.S. Senate. As a legal cloud created by a federal investigation lifts, he can see a clearer path toward a primary campaign against the incumbent, John Cornyn. (Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune)

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Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent much of his career, which has taken him to the heights of Republican politics, trailed by a raft of criminal and civil accusations.