Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is warning that the Texas Senate seat long held by Sen. John Cornyn (R) could flip to Democrats in the November election if the incumbent is defeated in the GOP primary, The Hill reports.
Said Thune: “Honestly, if you look at the polling in a general election setting, I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility that the seat flips, depending on who the Democrats nominate.”
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