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AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a joint motion with the state's GOP leadership to close the Republican primaries .

The filing comes after the same leadership sued the Texas Secretary of State for the same purpose. It also comes ahead of the race for U.S. Senate , in which Paxton hopes to unseat longtime Sen. John Cornyn.

Ken Paxton wants closed Texas primaries

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Paxton filed the motion jointly in a federal court with the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) on Thursday. The RPT sued Secretary of State Jane Nelson at the beginning of September to achieve the same goal.

The motion seeks to strike down a provision of the Texas Election Code which ultimately allows for registered Democrats to vote in Republican primary elections. The party is

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