{"id":129,"date":"2026-05-28T20:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:48:28","slug":"trump-wins-as-republicans-oust-cornyn-for-paxton-in-texas-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"Trump Wins as Republicans Oust Cornyn for Paxton in Texas Senate Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump won a major victory in Texas on Tuesday, ousting a Republican incumbent senator he considers \u201cvery disloyal\u201d in favor of an opponent he personally endorsed. In a highly watched runoff election for the Republican Senate nomination, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated four-term Sen. John Cornyn with <u>63.8% of votes<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=127\">US Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Inmate Who Claimed Racial Bias in Jury Selection<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Paxton gained Trump\u2019s vocal support in the week before the runoff election, which happened because neither Republican candidate won a majority of votes in the primary \u2013 the <u>most expensive<\/u> one in American history. Cornyn was elected to the Senate in 2002 and becomes the first sitting Republican senator from Texas to lose a primary, according to <u>The Associated Press<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Cornyn\u2019s defeat is the latest in a string of losses for Republican incumbents \u2013 in Louisiana, Indiana and Kentucky \u2013 who fell victim to Trump\u2019s public smearing and were unseated in intraparty challenges from Trump-endorsed candidates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Among Trump\u2019s issues with Cornyn were the senator\u2019s 2023 comment that Trump\u2019s time \u201chas passed him by\u201d \u2013 referring to the president\u2019s run for reelection \u2013 and previous criticism of Trump\u2019s plan for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Democrats <u>for years have hoped<\/u> that shifting demographics would yield more favorable results in Texas, only to fall short on Election Day. Their losing streak in statewide elections now extends more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But the president\u2019s victory in the primary could be short-lived. While most of Trump\u2019s picks for Republican nominations are expected to easily best their Democratic opponents in November, Texas\u2019 Senate race will be more of a toss-up. Democrats prefer to face the hard-line Paxton, whom Trump has described as a \u201ctrue MAGA Warrior,\u201d over the more moderate incumbent Cornyn. And they are also optimistic about their own nominee, state Rep. James Talarico \u2013 especially given Paxton\u2019s past scandals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><u>Paxton<\/u> was indicted on felony securities fraud charges in 2015, accused of bribery and infidelity in 2018, reported to the FBI for abusing his power in 2020 and impeached by the GOP-led Texas House for corruption in 2023, though he was not convicted in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=125\">Ice Hockey-Canada Through to World Championship Semis After Win Over US<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><\/svg><\/p>\n<p><span>READ: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>States With the Highest Gas Prices<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Talarico said he hopes to use Paxton\u2019s contentious reputation to convert Cornyn supporters and secure their votes in the midterm election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI have a legislative record that I think has a lot to offer supporters of Sen. Cornyn. Ken Paxton has a criminal record,\u201d <u>Talarico told Politico<\/u> after the election results came out Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a historic Texas runoff election for a newly redrawn Houston-area seat that pitted two sitting Democratic House members against each other, Rep. Christian Menefee won the Democratic nomination for the <u>18th District<\/u> by defeating Rep. Al Green, who is 40 years his senior and was running for a 12th term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Other Democratic wins for House nominations include former Rep. Colin Allred\u2019s <u>victory<\/u> against incumbent Rep. Julie Johnson in the Dallas-area 33rd District and public information officer Johnny Garcia\u2019s <u>defeat<\/u> of sex therapist Maureen Galindo \u2013 who was condemned for antisemitic comments \u2013 in the San Antonio-area\u2019s 35th District.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While political analysts do not include Texas in their list of states most likely to flip Senate seats and help the party regain control of the chamber \u2013 a list that includes seats in Alaska, North Carolina, Maine and Ohio \u2013 Democrats do appear to be <u>gaining momentum<\/u> in the state heading into the midterm election season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=123\">US Postal Service Suspends Non-Essential Spending Amid Cash Crunch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the story of the primary season: GOP voters unseat a Republican incumbent \u2018disloyal\u2019 to Trump. This time, it was Texas. 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