Ken Paxton, the Texas Republican Senate nominee, will visit Senate GOP leaders in Washington to ease their concerns about his viability in the most populous red state in the US.
Top Senate Republicans backed fellow Senator John Cornyn over Paxton, the state attorney general who settled a criminal securities-fraud charge and was impeached by the GOP-led Texas House. But President Donald Trump backed Paxton in the final days of the primary campaign, leading him to a decisive win over the six-term incumbent.
Paxton now faces Democrat James Talarico, who1 his party hopes to be the first Democratic senator ...
