In Texas, the Old, Kinder, Gentler G.O.P. Faces Its Alamo Moment

Ms. Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion. She reported from Austin, San Antonio and Tyler, Texas.

On the morning of Feb. 17, the opening day of early voting in the Texas primary elections, Senator John Cornyn had a warning for those gathered at a Mexican restaurant on the south side of Austin. You might think Texas is safely Republican, he told them, but if his chief opponent in the G.O.P. Senate primary, Ken Paxton, wins the nomination, the Democrats could run........

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