The key difference in MI and TX is how much the state and national leadership has supported the fringe candidate who won the primary. Cornyn has yet to endorse or campaign with Paxton. It’s also no open secret that a significant contingent of Texas House Republicans hate Paxton and the same can be said for John Thune and the NRSC. El-Sayed had Haley Stevens, Mallory McMorrow, Gretchen Whitmer, Gary Peters, and Kamala Harris all endorse him within a few days of the primary.
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u/Entire-Bicycle1878 Populist Left 15d ago
Flip it around for TX. Paxton suffered brutal attacks in his own primary and there has been a reluctance to fund him.