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  • Cornyn leans into Texas redistricting fight amid uphill reelection bid

    08/10/2025 11:57:30 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 18 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/10/25 12:00 PM ET | Julia Manchester
    Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is leaning into the Texas redistricting battle as he seeks to fend off a conservative primary challenge from state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). On Tuesday, Cornyn publicly called for FBI Director Kash Patel to assist in tracking down Democrats who fled the state in protest. Two days later, the senator and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) separately confirmed that the FBI was assisting in the effort. The move to get out in front of the redistricting battle allows Cornyn to ingratiate himself with the state’s deeply conservative base, who have distanced themselves from the incumbent...
  • Texas Senator Says Trump’s FBI Agreed to Help Track Down and Return Runaway Democrats

    08/07/2025 8:33:54 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 82 replies
    Mediaite ^ | August 7,2025 | Alex Griffing
    Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Texas’s senior senator up for reelection in 2026, announced on Thursday that FBI Director Kash Patel agreed to his request for federal agents to help Texas law enforcement track down and return runaway Democratic lawmakers. Cornyn wrote a letter on Tuesday urging Patel to help return some 50 state lawmakers who fled the state to try and delay a state House vote on a new congressional map. Democrats are trying to delay the vote by not allowing the GOP-controlled body to have a quorum — a minimum number of members present in order to conduct official...
  • Cornyn takes swing at James, Schiff with new LETITIA Act targeting 'crooked politicians'

    08/04/2025 10:48:38 AM PDT · by The_Media_never_lie · 27 replies
    Fox News ^ | August 4, 2025 | Alex Miller
    FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican wants to crack down on public officials who use their position to grow their wealth. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is set to introduce legislation that would create stiffer penalties for public officials who commit federal bank fraud, tax fraud, or loan or mortgage fraud. Cornyn’s bill comes on the heels of two such instances where top officials and lawmakers were hit with allegations of mortgage fraud.
  • John Cornyn appeals to Trump as he faces primary headwinds

    07/17/2025 11:30:33 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 22 replies
    NBC News ^ | 7/16/25 | Bridget Bowman
    President Donald Trump has a Texas-sized conundrum on his hands as Republicans prepare for a Senate primary in the state, with GOP Sen. John Cornyn making his case for the White House to get involved as he tries to fend off a challenge from state Attorney General Ken Paxton. But, so far, Trump is staying on the sidelines. “I’ve talked to him about it a number of times. He is not ready to make that endorsement,” Cornyn told NBC News on Tuesday. “I think as we start advertising and closing the gap in the polls, hopefully he’ll see fit to...
  • John Cornyn trounced by Paxton in another poll

    06/27/2025 6:41:13 AM PDT · by RandFan · 12 replies
    politico ^ | June 26 | politico
    It’s getting late early for John Cornyn. Yet another poll shows the four-term incumbent lagging well behind his hard-right challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in next year’s primary. The poll, conducted on behalf of a Paxton-allied super PAC, shows the Texas attorney general with a commanding 19-point lead over the incumbent — 57 to 38 percent — in a head-to-head matchup of Texas Republican primary voters. It’s the latest data point for national Republicans who see Cornyn flailing with primary voters but worry about the general election prospects for Paxton, who has faced both indictment and impeachment. The race...
  • John Cornyn’s Second Amendment Compromises with Biden Hampering His Reelection Bid

    06/04/2025 9:38:02 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 10 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 06/04/2025 | AWR Hawkins
    Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) Second Amendment weakness, the result of his high profile support for gun control under Joe Biden, is hampering his reelection prospects. On May 28, 2025, Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center reported that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a nine percent lead over Cornyn in the March 2026 Republican primary. Five days later, on June 3, 2025, Punch Bowl News pointed to “a new independent poll” showing the Cornyn’s deficit had greatly increased, with Paxton ahead by 22. Breitbart News previously noted that Cornyn fell into low esteem with Texas...
  • Paxton Smokes Cornyn 50-28 Percent in Latest 2026 GOP Primary Poll

    06/04/2025 5:34:39 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 23 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 3 Jun, 2025 | Debra Heine
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) by double digits in the latest poll of the 2026 Senate GOP primary. Paxton garnered 50 percent of the vote compared to Cornyn’s 28 percent in an UpOne Insights survey of Republican voters, which was first reported in Punchbowl News. In another tough result for Cornyn, only 27 percent of those polled wanted to see him reelected while 54 percent indicated they wanted someone new. Cornyn, who has been in office since 2002, has a lifetime conservative scorecard of 64 percent, according to Heritage Action. The Texas Senator fares...
  • Texas RINO John Cornyn Gets Awful News as MAGA Candidate Opens Up Major Polling Lead against Him

    05/14/2025 12:33:48 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    American Tribune ^ | May 14, 2025 | Staff
    Texas Senator John Cornyn is facing stiff competition from Challenger Ken Paxton, who currently serves as the Attorney General of Texas. Many have criticized Cornyn for being a RINO, or a Republican in name only, and it seems that the public agrees, as Paxton has started to pull ahead in the polls. For context, even in deep red states like Texas, Republican lawmakers will compromise on their conservative principles to get ahead. Often derogatorily referred to as RINOs, these legislators see more in common with the DC sDCmp than their constituents at home. In any case, Punchbowl News reports that...
  • Paxton Leads Cornyn By Double Digits In Texas Senate Race, Poll Shows

    05/12/2025 8:12:04 AM PDT · by CFW · 39 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 5/12/25 | Ireland Owens
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading Republican Sen. John Cornyn by double digits in the 2026 Texas Senate race, according to a recent Republican primary poll. Paxton is ahead of Cornyn by 16 percentage points — 56% to 40% — in a two-way poll commissioned by the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), Punchbowl News first reported on Monday. Meanwhile, in a hypothetical three-way matchup with Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt, who is reportedly considering entering the primary contest, Paxton notched 44% of the vote to Cornyn’s 34% and Hunt’s 19%. SLF, a super PAC that supports Republicans, is backing Cornyn’s...
  • John Cornyn trailing Senate primary challenger Ken Paxton, says new internal polls

    05/07/2025 4:24:23 AM PDT · by RandFan · 26 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | May 1 | Houston Chronicle
    A Republican poll obtained exclusively by the Houston Chronicle show Cornyn is down against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton among likely GOP primary voters by 17 percentage points. A Democratic poll shows him down more than 20 percentage points. State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, said it’s time for someone to have a serious talk with Cornyn about whether he really wants to go through with another campaign that could quickly turn negative and costly. “If I was an incumbent senator with these types of polling numbers, I probably wouldn’t run because you can’t win,” Bettencourt said. Cornyn has said he's...
  • Texas Gun Owners Turn On Cornyn, Petition Trump Not To Endorse His Re-Election

    05/01/2025 10:15:10 AM PDT · by DFG · 15 replies
    The Truth About Guns ^ | 05/01/2025 | Mark Chesnut
    Saying that U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has “betrayed the trust” of Lone Star State gun owners, a Texas gun rights group is asking President Donald Trump not to endorse the longtime senator for re-election. The organization Texas Gun Rights (TGR) last week penned a letter to President Trump in which it aired its grievances over what it believes to be Sen. Cornyn’s lack of support for the Second Amendment. “Dear President Trump, We, the members and supporters of Texas Gun Rights, write to you as dedicated defenders of the Second Amendment,” the letter stated. “We urge you in the strongest...
  • New internal polls show John Cornyn trailing Senate primary challenger Ken Paxton

    05/01/2025 2:37:50 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 49 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 4/30/25 | Jeremy Wallace
    New internal polls by both major parties show U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is in big trouble as he faces the toughest GOP primary opponent of his political career in 2026. A Republican poll obtained exclusively by the Houston Chronicle show Cornyn is down against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton among likely GOP primary voters by 17 percentage points. A Democratic poll shows him down more than 20 percentage points. The numbers have some Republicans worried that Cornyn is in a race he can't win, and instead could force a primary fight that costs millions of dollars and ends up bruising...
  • Cornell blasted for inviting ‘vile Jew-hater’ Kehlani to perform on campus – as school defends move: ‘Profoundly alienating’

    04/20/2025 11:50:59 AM PDT · by DFG · 7 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/20/2025 | Carl Campanile
    Cornell University has invited Jew-bashing entertainer Kehlani to perform on campus May 7 — defending the move as just giving its students what they want. Kehlani has a music video that starts with, “Long live the Intifada” — an inflammatory phrase that critics say promotes violence against Israelis and Jews — shared a map online that eliminates the state of Israel and refused to condemn Hamas for the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. The invite to the multi-Grammy Award-nominated R&B artist comes after the Trump administration froze $1 billion in federal funding to the upstate Ivy League school amid a civil-rights...
  • CORNYN BEING CHALLENGED! (vanity)

    04/08/2025 4:32:16 PM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 20 replies
    Just heard it!
  • 'Are you delusional?' | Texas AG Paxton attacks US Sen. Cornyn's re-election campaign announcement

    03/26/2025 5:23:27 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 28 replies
    KVUE ABC (Austin, TX) ^ | 2:15 PM CDT March 26, 2025 Updated: 4:28 PM CDT March 26, 2025 | Britny Eubank
    In his re-election campaign announcement, the Texas senator vows to be a partner to President Trump. But AG Ken Paxton says, "Texans won't believe your lies."AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has officially announced his 2026 re-election campaign – and another prominent Texas leader is taking issue with the promises he's making.After initially confirming the senator would seek re-election back in February, Cornyn's campaign team posted a video on social media Wednesday morning, officially announcing the campaign and saying Cornyn will be a "battled-tested partner" to President Donald Trump."In President Trump's first term, I was Republican Whip, delivering...
  • Sen. John Cornyn officially launches reelection campaign

    03/26/2025 4:17:59 PM PDT · by cotton1706 · 23 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/26/25 | Steven Ardary
    Sen. John Cornyn officially announced he would seek reelection Wednesday. Cornyn made the announcement on X saying President Donald Trump needed a "battle-tested partner." Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is rumored to be mounting a challenge to Cornyn, responded to the announcement on X asking if the senator was "delusional." The Texas Republican will be seeking his sixth term in the Senate. What they're saying "President Trump needs a battle-tested partner by his side in Washington," Cornyn's campaign said. "The radical left thinks they can flip Texas blue, but Texans have a message for them – come and take it."
  • What new poll shows about possible Ken Paxton, John Cornyn race

    03/12/2025 6:44:26 AM PDT · by RandFan · 35 replies
    Fox 26 ^ | Feb 13 | By Steven Ardary
    - A new poll from the University of Houston shows both Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are viewed favorably by Texas voters. - 68% of Texans said they would consider voting for Paxton. - 75% said they would consider a vote for Cornyn. HOUSTON - More than half of Texas Republicans say they would at least consider voting for Attorney General Ken Paxton if he ran in the Republican US Senate primary. Paxton is considering a challenge to sitting Senator John Cornyn. According to a new poll from the University of Houston's Hobby School of Public Affairs,...
  • “You’re the Ally I’ve Been Waiting for All My Life” – Warmonger and Lapdog Lindsey Graham Declares His Unending Love for Zelensky in Ukraine

    02/15/2025 8:50:29 PM PST · by Kazan · 68 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Feb. 15, 2025 | by Jim Hoft
    US Senators, including Republicans Lindsey Graham (South Carolina), John Cornyn (Texas), and Thom Tillis (North Carolina), flew to Europe this week to pledge their support to Ukrainian tyrant Volodymyr Zelensky and his war with Russia.During one press gaggle, Lindsey opened up about his respect and admiration for the Ukrainian president.Senator Lindsey Graham: “You and your people. You’re the ally I’ve been hoping for all of my life. Not one American has died defending Ukraine. You’ve taken our weapons and you kicked their ass. And, I’m very proud to have you as our ally.”At least $100 billion of US Aid sent...
  • Key Trump ally to decide on possible run against leading Republican in 'next couple of months'

    02/09/2025 4:53:41 PM PST · by T Ruth · 25 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 28, 2025 | Paul Steinhauser, Peter Pinedo
    With the new administration in place, the 2026 primaries have officially begun. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has said he is considering a run to replace moderate Republican John Cornyn in the U.S. Senate.Speaking to Republican Party members in Denton County Monday night, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, listed several Republicans he plans to purge from the Texas GOP for being insufficiently conservative.Among those on Paxton’s list was Texas’ senior U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, one of the most powerful members of the Senate GOP.The crowd erupted into loud applause as Paxton said, "The...
  • Paxton weighs Cornyn challenge as Texas GOP rift deepens

    02/02/2025 9:52:59 PM PST · by RandFan · 22 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/02/25 5:00 PM ET | by Jared Gans
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is weighing a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R) in what could be the next high-profile proxy battle between the two competing wings of the state’s GOP. Paxton told Fox News in an interview on Monday that he is considering a bid for Cornyn’s Senate seat in 2026 as he speaks with various groups in Texas, saying a decision is likely in the “next couple of months.” If Paxton runs, the primary would likely be one of the most expensive in the country and the toughest election in both men’s careers. It would...