John Thune Says GOP Will Need to ‘Pivot’ After Cornyn Loss

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota said in part on Wednesday that “we’ve got to pivot and go all-in to make sure that we keep Texas red” following U.S. Senator John Cornyn’s loss in the GOP runoff against state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Cornyn’s blowout loss exposes polling miss in Texas primary

Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) performance in the Texas Senate GOP primary election on Tuesday indicated polling for one of the country’s most closely watched races failed to sufficiently capture the political dynamic.

John Cornyn undone by past Trump misgivings, after decades as a loyal party man

John Cornyn was a loyal Republican soldier. There’s no disputing that Cornyn’s voting record was almost perfectly aligned with Trump. Ken Paxton’s lopsided victory captured an important reality of the GOP in 2026,
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The last of the gentlemen Republicans: John Cornyn’s four-decade political career ends with a MAGA uprising

A former state Supreme Court justice, Texas attorney general and a four-term U.S. senator, Cornyn had held on in the Republican Party as it transformed from the party of Bush, to the Tea Party movement and eventually the dominion of Trump.

Cornyn argues he’s a Trump ‘ally’ as Texas voters cast ballots

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his MAGA bona fides in a final-hour pitch to Texas primary voters on Tuesday, portraying himself as an “ally” of President Trump who has consistently supported the