Texas GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton reportedly told donors at a private fundraiser last week that President Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas had hurt him politically. Nick Maddux, a senior advisor to Paxton's campaign, called the reporting "manipulated nonsense,” in a statement to ABC News. ▻ ↧ Ken Paxton heard saying Trump's GOP midterm convention hurt him: Re... GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton told donors at a fundraiser that President Trump’s midterm convention had hurt him politically ahead of the midterm elections.