Ken Paxton: “Ted Cruz won a runoff against David Dewhurst, and he had…”

“It came from Washington, D.C. and so as I move forward in the next two months, I'm very optimistic. In Texas, runoffs tend to favor the most conservative person. If you'll remember, Ted Cruz won a runoff against David Dewhurst, and he had finished pretty far back, like 20, 20 points back in the first round. ended up winning handily in a runoff. It's because more conservative voters vote in the the runoff than they do in the primary. Second of all, we had six other people in the race.” (14:25–14:34)

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