The president's preferred candidate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has faced numerous scandals, while Sen. John Cornyn failed to excite the base.

Texans are voting in a U.S. Senate primary runoff where incumbent four-term Sen. John Cornyn is facing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in an expensive, drawn-out race that has caught President Dona

Texas' attorney general is running in a high-profile senate runoff. The national spotlight on Tuesday, May 26, will be on Ken Paxton's runoff against U.S. Senator John Cornyn for the GOP nomination for November's Senate race.

Ken Paxton scored a defining victory in Texas Republican politics Tuesday night, defeating incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in a bitter and closely watched GOP runoff that reshaped the state's political landscape and underscored the continued dominance of Donald Trump's influence over the party.

Texas Republican Senate candidates Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton had no public campaign events on the last day before Tuesday's runoff

John Cornyn was locked in single combat with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. There are meta-narratives here about the future of the Republican Party versus its past-goodness and decency versus pure ideological fealty to President Donald Trump.

Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Texas, defeating incumbent Senator John Cornyn decisively.

In his victory speech on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton praised President Donald Trump's endorsement as "the most powerful force in politics." Paxton, who defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX),