Put out the lights, the party’s over.
President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on the second day of early voting for their U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff.
“Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump stated in a Truth Social post.
“John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough,” Trump added.
Paxton responded shortly after Trump’s announcement, stating via an X post, “I am incredibly honored to have President Trump’s COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT.”
“No one has ever fought harder for the American people than President Trump, and I look forward to championing his America First agenda in the Senate!”
Cornyn and Paxton headed to a runoff after the March 3 primary election resulted in them being the top two candidates, although neither collected a majority, with Congressman Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38) knocked out of the contest.
Early voting for the primary runoff began on Monday and will conclude on Friday. Election day is on May 26.
Trump’s endorsement in the race was long-awaited, as he has repeatedly teased the possibility of one and suggested both candidates are strong supporters of his — a claim the two have intentionally aimed to prove in their campaigning.
Paxton already had a substantial lead over Cornyn, but this drives the final nail into Cornyn’s coffin. He’s toast. The fat lady isn’t warming up in the wings, she’s already climbed into her 2009 diesel-powered Jetta and driven back to Dusseldorf. Ken Paxton will be the official Republican nominee and can start concentrating on beating the truly strange Democrat nominee James Talarico in November.
Tags: 2026 Election, 2026 Texas Senate Race, Donald Trump, Elections, Endorsements, James Talarico, John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, Republicans, runoff
Better late than never.
“Paxton already had a substantial lead over Cornyn, but this drives the final nail into Cornyn’s coffin.”
This looks suspiciously like Trump waited until the final hour to see who was.the frontrunner and then decided to endorse him.
In any case, Cornyn’s embrace of Red Flag Laws outs him as a Red flag commie and I will light up a cigar when his defeat is announced.
So, assuming Paxton wins, Cornyn now gets to vote how he really wants until January.
Ed, Cornyn has always voted for Cornyn. Nothing will change.
Too late. Early voted yesterday.
Voted for Paxton. Didn’t matter what Trump said in this case.
I think the press misses something. Primary voter don’t vote for candidates endorsed by Trump because Trump told them to. Trump endorsed candidates Trump primary voters planned to vote for anyway.
What I’ve noticed in the past is Cornyn will run as a conservative for the election. Once his 6 years was secured, he would vote anyway he pleased for the first 2 years. After damage was done, he would slowly go back to voting as a conservative hoping we would all forget what happened those first couple of years. Rinse, spit, repeat.
He’s never gotten my primary vote, and he was never going to get my vote this year.
“This looks suspiciously like Trump waited until the final hour to see who was.the frontrunner and then decided to endorse him.”
President Trump never dithered. He told Sen. Thune to pass the Save America Act and he would save Cornyn, back in March. Thune didn’t. Trump didn’t.
Cornyn sure is spending a lot on direct mail ads though. I’ve been getting one about every 2-3 days it seems like.
“President Trump never dithered.”
See remark above: “Primary voter don’t vote for candidates endorsed by Trump because Trump told them to. Trump endorsed candidates Trump primary voters planned to vote for anyway.”
He saw which way the parade was heading, grabbed his Drum Major mace and announced he would lead the procession.
“He saw which way the parade was heading, grabbed his Drum Major mace and announced he would lead the procession.”
This is very much a work in progress, in a year expected to be a blue wave. Not the sure thing you portray.
Your favorite source of knowledge, Polymarket, only has Paxton ahead 55%. Paxton’s 03 November prospects dropped 5% overnight.
In the mean time, Trump has to deal with the vindictive little snots who have lost. Cassidy just came out against the Iran SMO and Massie just attacked the White House ballroom. Each has seven months to cause a lot of trouble.
Your cartoon world is delusional. Trump lives in the real world.
I voted against Cornyn. He’s on his 4th term as a senator. He’s voted for a few things I didn’t like. Twenty four years is enough. Go home old man.
I suppose his income will drop because he can’t claim per diem and such. But perhaps he had the sense to save some money. At $174,000 a year, I would hope so.
“Your cartoon world is delusional. Trump lives in the real world..”
Your serial non sequitur demonstrates that you are having a conversation primarily with yourself.
“Your serial non sequitur demonstrates that you are having a conversation primarily with yourself.”
President Trump can adopt your political advice and enjoy 10 months or a year of obstruction by Cornyn, rather than just seven months. In a closely split Senate with the filibuster rule this will do wonders for his agenda.