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Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated John Cornyn, a roughly 23-year Senate incumbent, in Tuesday’s Republican U. S. Senate runoff, advancing to face Democrat James Talarico in November after opening a roughly 25-point lead. The post Trump-Backed Ken Paxton Defeats Incu...
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Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated John Cornyn, a roughly 23-year Senate incumbent, in Tuesday’s Republican U. S. Senate runoff, advancing to face Democrat J...
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...
Victor who secured Republican nomination for Senate seat praises president after defeating incumbent Cornyn Sign up to the Breaking News US email Hello and welcome to the US politics live b...
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.
Texas’ polarizing attorney general easily bested the veteran senator, underscoring President Donald Trump’s sway with GOP voters. November’s general election, against Democrat James Talaric...
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...
Texas Republicans delivered major victories for conservatives Tuesday night, as state Sen. Mayes Middleton defeated Rep. Chip Roy in the Republican runoff for attorney general […] Source
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.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) became the latest casualty of President Trump’s revenge tour on Tuesday after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily trounced the incumbent in the Senate GOP ru...
Trump said the senator "was not supportive of me when times were tough.”
The senator was a towering figure in Texas and national politics. His loss signals the end of an era for the Republican establishment.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was roundly mocked on Tuesday night after he gave his victory speech for defeating incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the state's runoff election. Paxton...
The state’s attorney general defeated the incumbent senator following the President’s endorsement last week.
The race was largely viewed as a referendum on establishment Republicans' reluctance to deliver wins like the Save America Act.
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.
Ken Paxton has won. John Cornyn’s career could be over. Republican senators tried to convince us that John Cornyn is MAGA. It looks like Mayes Middleton will win. Source
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%...
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...
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...
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 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
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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