— 8 min read Earlier this week, current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who might just be the worst person in all of America, won a runoff in the Republican Senate primary race for US Senate against Senator John Cornyn. The race has attracted a lot of attention lately because of speculation that Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico might just be the guy to finally turn Texas blue, and his chances of doing so are significantly higher now that he's matched up with Paxton.