Texas primary pits state attorney general against four-term senator

Texas voters will choose between the state attorney general and a four-term senator in a Republican primary runoff scheduled for Tuesday. The contest tests the influence of President Trump within the Republican Party in the state.

Background on the contest The attorney general is challenging the incumbent senator, who has held the seat for four terms. The primary is one of several Republican contests occurring this week.

Related administration action President Trump’s administration floated a plan to ask federal workers to sign non-disclosure agreements, according to a government document released Tuesday, Reuters reported. This is not the first time the administration has brought up non-disclosure agreements with federal workers.

Last year, after the administration fired federal workers in mass amounts for “poor performance,” they were asked to sign confidentiality agreements, but refused, the Guardian reported.