Byron Donalds, a three-term congressman who won the state’s Republican primary on Tuesday, endorsed President Trump over his own governor, Ron DeSantis. The payoff has been huge.

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Eric Barlow’s defeat of Megan Degenfelder, the state superintendent of education, again showed the limits of the president’s favor.

A federal agent facing assault charges in Minnesota has been jailed in Texas since May. Gov. Greg Abbott has not granted an extradition request.

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Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.

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Tom Tiffany, a conservative from western Wisconsin, said he would try to lower taxes, bring transparency to health care and protect farmland.

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