Texas Senate runoff pits Trump-backed Ken Paxton against Sen. John Cornyn in a high-stakes GOP battle with major midterm election implications.
Vote is latest test of President’s grip over party and ability to punish Republicans he sees as insufficiently loyalHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Texans are voting for a Republican nominee for US Senate in Tuesday’s runoff election, following Donald Trump’s late bid to influence the race in his latest effort to rid the GOP of less devoted…
Paxton’s landslide victory is the latest example of Trump’s unrivaled influence in Republican Party politics.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton thanked his supporters and President Trump calling his endorsement “the most powerful force in politics.” Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff.
The attorney general was boosted by President Donald Trump’s endorsement in the final days of the race.
The heated Texas Senate GOP contest will come to a head Tuesday as voters head to the polls in the runoff race. Sen. John Cornyn (R) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton have duked it out for months, with the latter securing President Trump’s endorsement just last week. The winner in Tuesday’s election will face…
President Trump had endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the primary runoff.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the state’s Republican Senate runoff, defeating four-term incumbent John Cornyn and setting up a November showdown with a well-funded Democrat, 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% of the total vote.Though Cornyn confidently warned Paxton that "Judgment day is coming," Paxton ultimately proved victorious in Tuesday's runoff election, handily…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has the support of the Make America Healthy Again movement ahead of his contentious runoff election for the GOP Senate nomination against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). Paxton, who will square off against Cornyn on Tuesday, has a distinguished MAHA track record as the Lone Star State’s attorney general, which…
