Cornyn and Paxton flood Texas airwaves in final day of GOP Senate runoff
Trump’s endorsement lifted Paxton as Republicans spent more than $100 million in a runoff that will decide who faces James Talarico.
- President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over four-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn in Tuesday's GOP Senate primary runoff, calling Cornyn 'VERY disloyal' on social media for insufficient support during his presidency.
- Cornyn's 2021 vote to convict Trump over the January 6 Capitol attack and his 2023 suggestion that Trump's political time 'has passed him by' fueled the former president's ire and endorsement of his rival.
- Despite Cornyn's campaign and allied groups spending roughly $90 million attacking Paxton since last year—including a 'Love Shack' ad highlighting his $6.6 million corruption settlement and 2023 impeachment acquittal—Trump's endorsement shifted momentum in the race.
- Rice University Political Science Professor Mark Jones said Trump's endorsement 'is the endorsement of all endorsements' and will push undecided voters toward Paxton, leaving Cornyn facing what he called 'a near miracle' to win Tuesday.
- Trump's endorsement extends a month-long streak of backing primary challengers in Louisiana, Kentucky and Indiana; the runoff winner will face Democrat James Talarico in November, a race Republicans view as competitive given Paxton's legal history and the party's 24 Senate seats to defend.
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Live Results: Texas midterm primary runoffs
Texans are choosing a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s runoff election, bringing to a close the extended, bitter and expensive primary where President Donald Trump weighed in late to tip the race in another effort to rid the GOP of leaders less devoted to him.
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