John Cornyn, Texas Senate
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Sunday said his relationship with President Trump is different from the “Cassidy and Massie situation,” referring to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.
John Cornyn says his Texas Senate runoff differs from Massie and Cassidy as he faces Trump-backed Ken Paxton.
Like fellow Republicans exiled by the president, he still accepted Trump’s claim to inhabit the will of the party.
Ken Paxton's 28-point primary win over Sen. John Cornyn wasn't about Trump's endorsement — it was voter frustration with a do-nothing GOP Senate.
Senate Republicans’ hopes for a low-fanfare week capped off with a major policy victory have been quickly unraveled by a series of setbacks stretching from the campaign trail to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom.
The president's optimism about his relationship with the four-term senator runs counter to a trend of souring relations with outgoing lawmakers.
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,
The president has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the race.