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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.
"Green has been among President Donald Trump's fiercest critics in Congress, pursuing impeachment charges on multiple occasions against him during both of Trump's terms. Green has been kick...
Sen. John Cornyn is just the latest high-profile Republican incumbent to learn that in today’s GOP, conservative credentials are no match for Trump’s grip on the party.
President Donald Trump congratulated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on his Senate runoff victory, while also praising his defeated rival, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
President Trump had endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the primary runoff.
Ken Paxton's victory sets up what will be a closely watched contest in November's midterm elections.
Hypocrisy Wins: Sex Therapist Maureen Galindo was considered the “poster child” for exploding antisemitism in the Democratic Party.
Texas AG Ken Paxton's victory over Sen. John Cornyn shows how much Republican voters distrust the political establishment - and are raring for a fight
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ousted four-term U. S. Senator John Cornyn in the May 26 Republican primary runoff and will now face the Democratic Party’s state Rep. James Talarico in a...
President Trump’s record of ousting those he sees as disloyal continued apace with Senator John Cornyn’s defeat. Whether his relationship with Senate Republicans can be repaired is another...
Republican Ken Paxton's 28-point primary rout of longtime Texas Sen. John Cornyn — the widest primary defeat for a sitting U. S. senator in nearly 50 years — further cements President Trump...
Trump-backed Paxton beat Cornyn, making him the first Texas Republican senator to lose renomination.
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 president’s support for the controversial Texas attorney general proved decisive and once again demonstrated his iron grip on the party
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Senate runoff Tuesday, one week after receiving President Donald Trump’s backing. Paxton won the […]
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.
Maureen Galindo, who called for the imprisonment and castration of 'billionaire Zionists,' secures more than 5,700 votes in runoff election
Decisive victory for controversial attorney-general Ken Paxton shows US president’s enduring hold on Republican Party
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.
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...
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...
The state attorney general, endorsed by Donald Trump, defeated the incumbent John Cornyn, and will face off against the Democrat James Talarico, in November.
Ken Paxton will face off against Democratic candidate James Talarico
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
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...
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....
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 are choosing a Republican nominee for U. S. Senate.
Roy and Middleton advanced to a runoff election in March after neither candidate received the majority of votes. Middleton led Roy in March with 39% of the vote to Roy's 31%.
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