9m ago / 7:23 AM EDTRep. Julie Johnson unseated in Texas Democratic primary by predecessor Colin Allred Former Rep. Colin Allred has unseated Rep. Julie Johnson in a Democratic primary runoff, NBC News projects, after he dropped out of the Senate race last year and made a run for a House seat reshaped by redistricting.The primary in the deep blue 33rd District in the Dallas area grew competitive after Allred left the Senate race in deference to Rep. Jasmine Crockett, instead opting to run for the House.Read the full story here.35m ago / 6:56 AM EDTDemocratic Rep. Al Green unseated by Rep. Christian Menefee in Texas primary with two incumbents Freshman Rep. Christian Menefee defeated longtime Rep. Al Green in the Democratic primary runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District yesterday, NBC News projects, after a rare incumbent-on-incumbent matchup sparked by Republican-led redistricting efforts.The redrawing of the state’s political map pitted one of the newest members of the House Democratic caucus against one of the longer-serving incumbents in the chamber. Menefee got 46% of the primary vote to Green’s 44% in the first round March 3, pushing the race to a runoff since neither got a majority.Read the full story here.35m ago / 6:56 AM EDTKen Paxton defeats GOP Sen. John Cornyn in Texas primary runoffTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn for the Republican Senate nomination yesterday, NBC News projects, the latest challenger backed by Trump to unseat an incumbent.Paxton will face Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in a November race that could become key to the fight for the Senate majority.Trump endorsed Paxton last week, giving him a last-minute boost in his bid to oust Cornyn, who has been in the Senate since 2003. Cornyn and Paxton faced off Tuesday in a head-to-head runoff after no candidate won more than 50% of the vote in the initial multicandidate March primary.Read the full story here.35m ago / 6:56 AM EDTCabinet meeting to be held at White House instead of Camp David, Trump saysTrump is holding a Cabinet meeting today at the White House rather than Camp David, Maryland, as had been planned.Trump cited “possible bad weather conditions” as the reason for the switch in a post yesterday on Truth Social.The gathering of top administration officials is the president's 11th announced Cabinet meeting.
Live updates: Trump to hold Cabinet meeting; Ken Paxton beats Sen. John Cornyn in Texas primary runoff
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