Cornyn declines to say if he voted for Paxton, cites Paxton’s ‘corruption’ as issue

Retiring Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) declined to say Monday whether he voted for Texas Senate Republican candidate Ken Paxton, who defeated him earlier this year in a primary run-off election, and cited Paxton’s “corruption” as a major reason why he lost to Democrat James Talarico. “The Republican Party treated corruption, particularly in the person of...