In Texas, the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton, backed by President Trump, defeated four-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff Tuesday. Paxton has previously been indicted on charges of felony securities fraud and was impeached from office on allegations of bribery, dereliction of duty, obstruction of justice and abuse of public trust. Paxton is the first primary challenger to defeat an incumbent U.S. senator from Texas since at least 1980. The GOP candidates spent nearly $130 million, making it the most expensive Senate primary in U.S. history. Paxton faces Democratic nominee and state Representative James Talarico in the general election in November.