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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, fresh from defeating four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in last week\u2019s GOP primary runoff election, said he believes Senate leaders are ready to back his campaign and several have pledged support.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Paxton told Fox News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d he\u2019ll meet Senate Majority Leader John Thune this week to discuss his general election campaign strategy to defeat Democratic nominee James Talarico.<\/p>\n

He said he\u2019s spoken to other top Republicans, including National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019ve all pledged their support, along with other U.S. Republican senators,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton, 63, defeated Mr. Cornyn, 74, following a bitter and massively expensive primary and runoff election in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n

Mr. Thune and most Republicans backed Mr. Cornyn in the race and pumped millions of dollars into his failed re-election bid against Mr. Paxton.<\/p>\n

Now, they\u2019ll have to get behind Mr. Paxton or risk losing the seat to Mr. Talarico, a 37-year-old Democratic state lawmaker who is running on a populist platform. He leads Mr. Paxton by 3 percentage points in a Texas Public Opinion Research poll taken after the runoff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t lost a statewide race since 1994, and this isn\u2019t the time to do it,\u201d Mr. Paxton said of Texas Republicans. \u201cWe need to unite and we need to fight together. And I\u2019m willing to do that. I certainly think they are, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton beat Mr. Cornyn 64% to 36% in the runoff. His win was aided by a last-minute endorsement from President Trump, who praised him for his loyalty and unwavering support for the MAGA agenda.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton said he believes his victory over Mr. Cornyn, with Mr. Trump\u2019s backing, \u201csends a message\u201d that the party needs to \u201clisten\u201d to the president.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who bucked the president and lost his endorsement, was defeated in his primary in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what he\u2019s trying to accomplish, most Americans want. Certainly, Republicans want it. So whatever we need to do to get behind the president, I\u2019m for. And I think that message has been set both with the election in Texas and the election in Louisiana,\u201d Mr. Paxton said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cornyn and his allies spent close to $100 million trying to take down Mr. Paxton, airing attack ads that highlighted Mr. Paxton\u2019s personal and professional scandals.<\/p>\n

Democrats quickly seized on Mr. Paxton\u2019s alleged transgressions. As soon as Mr. Paxton declared victory on Tuesday, Mr. Talarico posted his opponent\u2019s 2015 mugshot following his arrest on securities fraud charges that were later dropped.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton was also impeached over corruption charges but was not convicted. Other attack ads highlighted his messy divorce and allegations of mistresses.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton brushed off attack ads by members of his own party and Mr. Talarico.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re fighting the fight, you get attacked,\u201d Mr. Paxton said Sunday. \u201cAccusations don\u2019t mean that the thing actually happened. They have to prove these things in our country. That they did not do with President Trump and that they did not do with me. And yet they continue to act like something bad happened when they have no proof of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton\u2019s latest campaign ad attacks Mr. Talarico for past statements claiming God is \u201cnon-binary,\u201d that there are six genders, and for his 2022 pledge to run a meat-free campaign for legislative office in a state where beef is the number-one agricultural commodity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe list goes on, and this isn\u2019t just me making this up,\u201d Mr. Paxton said. \u201cThis is what he actually said, and now he\u2019s complaining that I\u2019m quoting him with his, with his strange, weird comments.\u201d<\/p>\n

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