"Texas Primary Showdown: Republicans Battle for Party Control"

In the Texas Republican primary, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott are leading a bitter battle to unseat incumbent Republicans and shift the state further to the right. The primary contests have intensified tensions between the party's old guard and a more socially conservative faction aligned with former President Donald J. Trump, with the outcome potentially impacting the balance of power in the Texas House and reverberating widely within the Republican Party.