This is an excerpt from the May 27, 2026, edition of “The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe” newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday.
KEN PAXTON, PUBLIC SERVANT: A TIMELINE
Every Democrat in America woke up feeling lucky.
Texas Republicans may have just cost the GOP tens of millions of dollars — money Republicans could have spent on competitive races in Maine, Iowa, Ohio, Alaska.
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Democrats haven’t won a statewide election in Texas since 1994. But they also haven’t had a guy like this to run against — and they capitalized quickly.
As MS NOW’s Steve Benen writes:
For his part, the incumbent president, who’s long competed with Paxton for the title of the most corrupt politician in America, vowed on Wednesday morning to “do some nice, big, beautiful rallies” for the GOP nominee. Watch this space.
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