Cornyn tries to hold on to Texas Senate seat in runoff with Paxton, the latest test of Trump's power

[Dulcinea]

PLANO, Texas (AP) — Texans are choosing a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s runoff election, bringing to a close the extended, bitter and expensive primary where President Donald Trump weighed in late to tip the race in another effort to rid the GOP of leaders less devoted to him.

Trump’s endorsement of state Attorney General Ken Paxton over four-term Sen. John Cornyn gives the challenger a late boost and puts Cornyn at risk of becoming the first Republican senator in Texas history to seek the party’s nod and lose.

That’s despite Cornyn’s campaign and allied groups spending roughly $90 million in advertising since last year, the vast majority of it attacking Paxton.

It’s the latest GOP contest where Trump has sought to punish a Republican he sees as insufficiently loyal. This month, he has successfully backed challengers to incumbents in Louisiana, Kentucky and Indiana, a sign of his enduring influence among primary voters.

https://apnews.com/article/texas-senate-cornyn-paxton-trump-talarico-4fa609e7ddb93b47ac4e3398a12a472e

[Whyisthisstillclose]

1. Republican primary voters are the worst of the worst. tRump support among them is absurdly high.

[Vogon_Glory]

2. And as often as not, the worst of the worst not only pick

the Republican candidates, but the winner for the next statewide elected official here in Texas.

It’s been that way for decades, but maybe, just maybe, the Republicans will pick a candidate so disagreeable this time that enough voters will decide to try voting Democratic again.

Here’s hoping that the Texas Democratic Party crosses over the finish line in first place!

Lloyd Bentsen, I hope you’ll be able to see a win this November wherever you are!

[Whyisthisstillclose]

3. Agreed and fingers crossed! I want to cry when I think back to Ann Richards, Henry Gonzalez and all the

wonderful TX Democrats of the past!

[joshdawg]

4. Just heard:

paxton won......................................goddammit!!!

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Talarico polled better against Paxton than Cornyn earlier this year

So maybe the Good Guys will be able to win this November We’ll see.