Sandego.net – “He wants me to lose,” Ken Paxton said of Sen. John Cornyn in a leaked recording from a September fundraiser, according to CNN. The private remarks reveal Paxton’s frustration with Cornyn’s limited involvement after their hard-fought Republican primary runoff in Texas’ Senate race.

Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has publicly said he would welcome Cornyn’s support. But in the recording, obtained by CNN from an attendee who opposes Paxton, he said Cornyn was “clearly not helping” his campaign as Republicans work to defeat Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.…