John Thune says GOP will need to "pivot" after Cornyn loss

Thune previously backed Cornyn, calling him a “principled conservative” ahead of the runoff election.

After Cornyn's loss, Trump's grip on the Senate is looser than ever

President Donald Trump is as dominant as ever over the Republican Party. His grasp on the U.S. Senate is a different story.

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