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Ken Paxton walked onto the stage with a pyrotechnic introduction.

Hundreds of young faces at the Texas Youth Summit, held outside of Houston last month, stared at Paxton as he boasted about the more than 120 combined lawsuits he filed against former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. He recounted the obstacles he has overcome since becoming Texas attorney general a decade ago, including a historic impeachment that concluded with his acquittal . The crowd cheered.

He then made his pitch to unseat U.S. Sen. John Cornyn , who Paxton said has been in office since the 62-year-old was in college.

“I just decided, you know what? It's time that we have represe

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