Ken Paxton just sent shockwaves through the Republican establishment.
The Texas Attorney General, backed by President Donald Trump, crushed longtime Senator John Cornyn in the Texas GOP Senate runoff, setting up a November showdown with Democrat James Talarico.
The Associated Press called the race early, projecting Paxton’s commanding 25-point lead as an insurmountable blow to Cornyn’s decades-long grip on his Senate seat.
Trump’s endorsement last week sealed the deal, giving Paxton what many insiders saw as the decisive lift.
The president called him “The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas” and “an America First Patriot,” declaring Paxton as a fighter for lower taxes, stronger borders, and American energy.
Trump praised Paxton’s loyalty and contrasted it with Cornyn’s half-hearted record of support.
The message was clear to Texas conservatives: it was time for a changing of the guard.
Paxton’s supporters were energized by the endorsement, while Cornyn’s campaign scrambled to explain years of coziness with Washington powerbrokers.
