Paxton Ran as a ‘Change’ Candidate. How Ironic: Mary Ellen Klas

“Today, change was on the ballot, and change won,” Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, declared in his victory speech an hour after polls closed in Tuesday’s runoff election. Paxton, buoyed by a late endorsement from President Donald Trump, had just defeated veteran senator John Cornyn in a blowout.

Unfortunately, in the Trump era, the change the scandal-plagued Paxton promotes means one thing: even greater fealty to Trump and even fewer checks on corruption.

Candidates typically run on either change or experience. Established politicians know that experience makes a difference in the ability to deliver for constituents, so veterans like ...