Texas Senate seat fight heads to runoff after Republicans fail to secure required votes

Neither Ken Paxton or John Cornyn captured 50% of the vote in Texas, forcing another poll in May

A bitter primary contest between the four-term Republican US senator John Cornyn and the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, ended in a runoff on Tuesday.

In Texas, a primary runoff is declared if neither candidate are able to capture 50% of the vote. Paxton and Cornyn will now face that election on 26 May.