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Al 'Mr.Impeachment' Green Out As Crypto-Backed Candidates Win Key Texas Primary Runoffs
Al 'Mr.Impeachment' Green Out As Crypto-Backed Candidates Win Key Texas Primary Runoffs
Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com,
Crypto-backed political groups supported several winning candidates in Texas primary runoffs Tuesday, highlighting the digital asset industry’s growing role in US elections as Congress debates new rules for crypto markets.
Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican US Senate runoff against four-term Senator John Cornyn by a wide margin, according to Texas primary runoff results, and will face Democratic state Representative James Talarico in November.
In Houston’s 18th Congressional District, Democrat Christian Menefee unseated fellow Democrat representative Al Green...
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