Texan: Bipartisanship Should Still Matter In choosing Ken Paxton, Texas Republicans rejected of “the establishment conservatism that [Sen. John] Cornyn represented” — which should serve as “a warning to observers about American politics,” argues USA Today’s Nicole Russell . The “Senate race between Paxton and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November” neatly reflects “today’s polarized political climate,” as the pair’s only common ground is “a talent for embodying the excesses of their