WASHINGTON (AP) — Controversial U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton, a Republican from Texas, and Graham Platner, a Democrat from Maine, are in the nation’s capital Tuesday to shore up support within their respective parties, with Paxton’s itinerary including a White House huddle with President Donald Trump.
The campaign pilgrimage by the two candidates, one from each end of the political spectrum, comes with both men facing concerns that they could cost their parties winnable races in the November midterms, with control of the Senate at stake for the final two years of Trump’s second presidency.
Paxton’s planned meeting with Trump comes
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