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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton squared off and won against incumbent four-term Senator John Cornyn in a high-stakes Republican primary runoff Tuesday evening.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton squared off and won against incumbent four-term Senator John Cornyn in a high-stakes Republican primary runoff Tuesday evening.
The runoff in the San Antonio race drew national attention after Galindo, came under scrutiny for comments that included vows to turn a local immigrant detention center “into a prison for Z...
The race will help determine whether Democrats can win back control of the US Senate for the last half of the Trump presidency.
Trump endorsed De La Cruz during the heated primary race, boosting the candidate as Republicans target the district after new congressional maps made the seat more favorable to the GOP.
TRUMP IS STILL VERY MUCH IN CONTROL: Ken Paxton’s victory in Texas has, I think, interesting implications for the national political scene. Coming on top of a string of similar events, this...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) became the latest casualty of President Trump’s revenge tour on Tuesday after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) easily trounced the incumbent in the Senate GO...
Maureen Galindo, who called for the imprisonment and castration of 'billionaire Zionists,' secures more than 5,700 votes in runoff election
Middleton, currently a State Senator, emerged victorious after a contentious fight.
Trump said the senator "was not supportive of me when times were tough.”
Decisive victory for controversial attorney-general Ken Paxton shows US president’s enduring hold on Republican Party
Trump-endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton will beat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate runoff, AP projects.
Trump-endorsed Paxton beat incumbent John Cornyn on Tuesday night, securing the president another primary win.
The senator was a towering figure in Texas and national politics. His loss signals the end of an era for the Republican establishment.
Given that the district, which is located in Fort Worth, is overwhelmingly Democratic, Allred is poised to win in November.
Trump-backed Republican Carlos de la Cruz toppled Texas lawmaker John Lujan in a runoff for a newly redrawn congressional district stretching from Austin to San Antonio.
Ken Paxton defeats John Cornyn in Texas race, setting up a November election that could decide control of US Senate.
Johnny Garcia won the Democratic primary runoff for Texas‘s 35th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating opponent Maureen Galindo in a closely watched race shaped by controversy surrou...
Longtime Democrat Rep. Al Green, who unsuccessfully filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump seven times, lost his primary runoff Tuesday night and will not win a 12th t...
Following a massive victory in the Texas republican primary race, defeating incumbent Senator John Cornyn, Texas AG Ken Paxton speaks to an enthusiastic audience of supporters in his home s...
The state’s attorney general defeated the incumbent senator following the President’s endorsement last week.
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Republican efforts to interfere in a Democratic congressional primary in Texas ended in failure on Tuesday night. According to Decision Desk HQ and the Associated Press, Bexar County Sherif...
Democrat Johnny Garcia has won his party’s primary in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, NBC News projects, defeating a rival whom party leaders had condemned for antisemitic comments as D...
Texas state Sen. Mayes Middleton has won the Republican runoff for Texas attorney general. The Associated Press called the race for Middleton at 9:57 p.m. EDT when he had a 55.8% to 44.2% l...
Mr Paxton will face Democratic state representative James Talarico in a high-profile race that could help decide control of the Senate.
President Donald Trump's endorsements loomed large over Tuesday's runoff elections in Texas.
Senator John Cornyn (R) said in his concession speech on Tuesday that he would support Ken Paxton's bid for his Senate seat. The post Cornyn Says He’ll Back Paxton After Defeat: ‘I’ve Alway...
MONONGAHELA, Pennsylvania — Downballot primary results for seats in the Pennsylvania legislature and Congress had both parties heading into very...
The race was largely viewed as a referendum on establishment Republicans' reluctance to deliver wins like the Save America Act.
Ken Paxton, Texas's attorney general, has survived years of legal, ethical and personal scandal, including a 2023 impeachment by the Republican-led Texas House, along with allegations of br...
This live blog is now closed. Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in heated Texas race after scandal-plagued campaign America’s ugliest primary? Texas Republican infighting could hand...
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, overcame scandals and a significant fund-raising disadvantage to win. His victory sets up the general-election clash that Democrats had hoped for.
The talk about the death of President Donald Trump’s influence in the GOP appears to have been greatly exaggerated. Despite pushback from within his own party, Trump’s endorsement in a […]
Republicans have feared that the scandal-plagued Paxton could cost them the seat, despite Democrats not winning a Texas Senate race in almost 40 years
President Donald Trump last week endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
The state attorney general, endorsed by Donald Trump, defeated the incumbent John Cornyn, and will face off against the Democrat James Talarico, in November.
Paxton will face off against Democratic candidate James Talarico
Republican primary voters on Tuesday rejected U. S. Sen. John Cornyn, one of the Senate's most senior GOP members, in favor of Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Why it matters...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's challenge to incumbent Sen. John Cornyn went unresolved in the heated Republican primary race on March 3, as neither candidate proved able to secure 50%...
Endorsement from President Trump played key factor for state attorney general
Trump-endorsed candidate AG Ken Paxton has just defeated Senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary for US Senate in Texas. The end of John Cornyn is finally over: Decision Desk HQ proje...
President Donald Trump’s 11 th hour endorsement against incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn seems to have paid off in Texas as Trump’s champion Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton swamped C...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican nomination for U. S. Senate after defeating incumbent Senator John Cornyn in Tuesday’s high-stakes runoff election. Prior to the cal...
Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged Sen. John Cornyn's reelection and won President Trump's endorsement in the bitter primary fight that cost Republicans more than $1...
Paxton’s landslide victory is the latest example of Trump’s unrivaled influence in Republican Party politics.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily defeated four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday in a vicious and expensive runoff election punctuated by a last-minute endorsement from Pre...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has defeated U. S. Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday’s primary runoff for the Republican nominee for U. S. Senate. In his victory speech, Paxton thanked his gras...
Prediction markets gave Ken Paxton a 97% chance of victory as polls closed, and early election-night returns show the President Trump-backed attorney general building a huge lead over Sen....
Huge news out of the Lone Star State.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a combative, scandal-dogged disruptor who had the backing of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, delivered a thrashing to four-term Sen. John Co...
Texas voters on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to move on from longtime incumbent senator John Cornyn (R-TX), handing the longtime incumbent a devastating defeat and delivering a sharp rebuke...
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