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Ken Paxton Wins Republican Senate Runoff in Texas

Rated outlets across the spectrum have covered this: 9 left-leaning, 28 center and 12 right-leaning.

Lead article · NBC News · CENTERTrump-backed Paxton defeats incumbent Cornyn in Texas runoff primary election
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The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN49 RATED · 14 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
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People · 2 PEOPLE

Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them

Paxton and Cornyn were named together by 19 of 63 outlets. Counted by outlet.

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R · TX

Paxton defeated incumbent John Cornyn in the Republican Senate runoff and will face James Talarico in November.

NAMED BY 58 OF 63
LEFT
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL7 OF 7 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 7 of 7 outlets.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL25 OF 25 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly informational, 25 of 25 outlets.
RIGHT
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL12 OF 12 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 12 of 12 outlets.
R · TX · NARCOTICS CAUCUS CHAIR

Cornyn lost the Republican runoff to Paxton and said he would support the party’s ticket in November.

NAMED BY 28 OF 63
LEFT
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL6 OF 6 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 6 of 6 outlets.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL11 OF 11 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly informational, 11 of 11 outlets.
RIGHT
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL9 OF 9 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 9 of 9 outlets.
Timeline · 40 HOURS

When each side picked it up

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When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 11 articles, first tue 8:00 pm. center: 39 articles, first tue 7:09 pm. right-leaning: 17 articles, first tue 8:45 pm. unrated: 18 articles, first tue 9:07 pm.

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