Cornyn tries to hold on to Texas Senate seat in runoff with Paxton, the latest test of Trump’s power
Trump’s endorsement gives Ken Paxton a late boost as Cornyn risks becoming the first Texas Republican senator to lose a party nomination.
- On Tuesday, Texans chose a Republican Senate nominee in a runoff where President Donald Trump endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton over four-term Senator John Cornyn, giving the challenger a decisive late boost.
- Cornyn's failure to win a majority in the March primary forced the runoff; Trump's intervention stemmed from the senator's 2021 conviction vote on the January 6 impeachment and 2023 comments questioning Trump's presidential viability.
- Trump wrote that Paxton is a fighter who knows how to win and "Our Country needs Fighters, and also Loyalty to the Cause of Greatness," while pro-Cornyn groups outspent Paxton $16.5 million to $5.9 million since March 3.
- Cornyn acknowledged Trump's endorsement would impact the race but refused to concede, as Senate GOP leaders maintained he remains the stronger general election candidate against Democrat James Talarico in November.
- About 2 million of Texas's 18.7 million voters participated in the primary, with Democrats competing for House nominations in Dallas, Houston, and a San Antonio-area seat they hope to flip as they seek four net seats for House control.
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‘Put us down for Ken Paxton’: Trump endorsement energizes Texas voters ahead of runoff
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! DALLAS — Across the Dallas metroplex and its fast-growing suburbs, Republican voters repeatedly invoked President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Ken Paxton when explaining their support for the Texas attorney general in the GOP Senate runoff against Sen. John Cornyn. The race is unfolding as Texas continues to experience rapid population growth, particularly in the suburbs surrounding Dallas, where Repu…
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Texans are voting in a U.S. Senate primary runoff where incumbent four-term Sen. John Cornyn is facing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in an expensive, drawn-out race that has caught President Donald Trump’s attention. Trump’s endorsement of Paxton, who he…
John Cornyn Lost When the Republican Establishment Abandoned the SAVE America Act
The polls in Texas have not yet closed, but the story of John Cornyn’s political demise has already been written. It was written over the course of two months by a Senate Republican leadership team that had every opportunity to save him and chose, instead, to save the filibuster. Cornyn did not lose to Ken Paxton because Texas Republicans suddenly developed an allergy to the establishment. They have tolerated, even rewarded, the establishment fo…
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