Posted on 05/25/2026 3:28:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Voters in Texas will see little of the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate on Monday. But that’s only if they stay away from screens.
There were no public campaign events scheduled for Sen. John Cornyn nor state Attorney General Ken Paxton on the final day of their more than yearlong quest for the GOP nomination. Instead, their fight for Tuesday’s runoff continues as it has for months — intense and unabated — through advertising that has topped $109 million, heavily from Cornyn’s side.
Cornyn is scheduled to host an annual, non-campaign event in San Antonio to recognize high school graduates attending the nation’s service academies. The senator seeking a fifth term held his last public campaign event in Corpus Christi on Friday, ahead of Tuesday’s voting.
Paxton headlined his last events Thursday in the Austin area and in San Antonio, content to let his campaign and a super PAC carry his primary message: that President Donald Trump endorsed him on May 19.
Trump’s announcement and accompanying dismissal of Cornyn, who has had an awkward public relationship with the president, came on the second day of early voting, which ended Friday.
Though the candidates were quiet over the weekend, Trump reaffirmed his support for Paxton on Sunday, and disparaged Cornyn as insufficiently loyal to him.
Paxton, Trump posted on social media, “was also very loyal to your favorite President, ME,” while calling Cornyn “VERY disloyal to me.” It was Trump’s strongest rebuke of Cornyn, who had dismissed his 2024 comeback chances, and echoed the president’s reproach of Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy before he lost in the May 15 GOP Senate primary.
After Trump’s jabs, Cornyn still leaned into his support for the president just before Monday’s event. The senator said that 99.3% of...
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CornHole needs to be put down electorally....
Any reliable recent polls?
Paxton has a sight lead in the polls, but ChatGPT favors him. These elections are generally low turnout, which favors Paxton, and Paxton voters are more energized.
And it says Trump’s endorsement is substantial.
Cornyn’s adverts are awful.
Another reason I don’t watch TV anymore.
I watch old westerns...Those actors were sure busy...
Come on people. Put it out there. How much will Paxton win by? Massie was just 200 votes short of a 10 point loss. What will this be? Be honest.
Not a Coryn supporter. However, if he does squeak past Paxton, well, he’s better than Talirico.
But Cornyn has the endorsement of Deep State Thombosis Tillis, that has to be a major plus for him.
Is this an open primary? Meaning that any voter can vote, or does one have to be a registered Republican?
Generally they are low turnout, but the early voting in my district has been quite heavy.
I am certain Cornyn is going to lose.
Our district had a nice, steady stream of voters.
We voted Paxton.
Can’t wait for Cornholio to be sent to pasture. LONG overdue.
Not really. I think democrats who didn’t vote in the primary might be able to vote, but any who did cannot. When I handed the poll worker my id, there was no discussion about party affiliation, I was handed a Republican ballot.
Cornyn’s been a thorn in us Texans’ side for 24 years. He’s going down in flames tomorrow. I’m getting up early to vote when the polls open. I can’t wait.
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