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The race is also another test regarding President Donald Trump's influence. The post Texas GOP Senate Primary Runoff: Trump-Backed Ken Paxton Destroys John Cornyn first appeared on Le·gal I...
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.
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...
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Ken Paxton was attacked by Republicans over allegations of marital infidelity and mortgage fraud. Now, they're backtracking.
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.
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.
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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...
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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.
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 […]
President Donald Trump last week endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
Some Republicans expect ensuring Paxton wins in Texas will cost $250 million
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
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.
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
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...
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...
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 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...
Texans head to the polls for a number of primary runoffs, including the Senate race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton.
Texans are choosing a Republican nominee for U. S. Senate.
Paxton will run in November against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico
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