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- U.S. Representative Max Miller (R) continues re-election campaign despite ex-wife’s assault allegations.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican Senate primary after his impeachment acquittal.
- Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner ended his Maine campaign following a former girlfriend’s rape allegation.
- Paxton avoided criminal trial by paying $300,000 settlement without admitting wrongdoing.
- Research shows partisan polarization now often severs the link between scandal exposure and public punishment.