The incident happened after a vat of white liquor imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in Longview, Washington, according to Longview Fire Department.
The state’s attorney general defeated the incumbent senator following the President’s endorsement last week. The post Paxton Defeats Cornyn in Texas Primary appeared first on The American Conservative .
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated the incumbent Senator John Cornyn Tuesday in a hotly contested primary runoff election. President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton last Tuesday after a long wait. Paxton will go on to face State Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) in the general election on November 3. In March, neither Republican candidate reached the needed majority of primary votes, leading to the runoff election. On March 5, Paxton offered to drop out of the runoff election if Cornyn and Senate leadership abolished the filibuster to pass the SAVE Act, an important bill to the president. Trump cited this support in his endorsement of the Attorney General. This primary win marks yet another win for Trump-endorsed…Open
Sen. John Cornyn is just the latest high-profile Republican incumbent to learn that in today’s GOP, conservative credentials are no match for Trump’s grip on the party.
Mr. Allred beat the incumbent, Representative Julie Johnson, and is now favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic Dallas-based district.
President Trump’s record of ousting those he sees as disloyal continued apace with Senator John Cornyn’s defeat. Whether his relationship with Senate Republicans can be repaired is another question.