John Cornyn loss highlights Trump’s grip on Texas GOP

John Cornyn’s loss to Ken Paxton is already raising bigger questions about Trump’s influence and the future of the Texas GOP.

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