John Cornyn And Ken Paxton Fight Dirty Over US Senate Seat

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The Republican Occasion appears to be getting a bit careworn over the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, because the Trump administration and the MAGA model change into more and more unpopular, and the political panorama continues to level towards one other blue wave in November. In Texas, the GOP is grappling with the opportunity of dropping an essential Senate seat because of a very contentious Republican main battle that is likely to be headed towards a really costly run-off election in a race that’s already setting spending data.

From Politico:

Sen. John Cornyn seems to be headed to an costly and nasty 10-week runoff towards Texas Legal professional Common Ken Paxton, with a powerful likelihood that Paxton wins the nomination even after nationwide Republicans spent months airing his soiled laundry all around the Texas airwaves in an effort to spice up Cornyn.

“Truthfully, for those who take a look at the polling in a normal election setting, I don’t assume it’s outdoors the realm of chance that the seat [flips], relying on who the Democrats nominate,” stated Senate Majority Chief John Thune, when requested concerning the chance that Republicans might lose the race if Cornyn, who he endorsed, isn’t the social gathering’s nominee.

If Cornyn loses the first, Senate Republicans fear they may very well be compelled to spend a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of {dollars} that might in any other case go towards key battleground races in costly states like North Carolina, Georgia or Michigan, complicating their path towards holding Senate management.

Republicans have already spent practically $100 million on TV promoting within the main, which additionally consists of Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), in keeping with knowledge from AdImpact.

A Feb. 3 ballot by JL Companions signifies a three-way tie between Paxton, Cornyn, and Hunt. Cornyn appears to be largely centered on shutting down Paxton, launching new advertisements this week, with assist from the Nationwide Republican Senatorial Committee, ripping Paxton for dishonest on his spouse, in addition to different scandals which have adopted the Texas AG for years. (As a result of the spouse factor alone wouldn’t have labored. Are they even conscious who our present president is?)

“It’s voting time, so let’s minimize by the bullsh-t. Crooked Ken Paxton cheated on his spouse. She’s divorcing him on biblical grounds. So now Paxton’s wrecking one other house, sleeping round with a married mom of seven,” Cornyn says in one among his anti-Paxton advertisements. “And keep in mind this, Crooked Ken has elevated his web value by as a lot as 7,000% since taking workplace. And his actions in workplace? Much more troubling. Paxton gave thousands and thousands of Texas tax {dollars} to left-wing organizations, together with the Montrose Heart that hosts drag queen exhibits and performs gender affirming companies to children as younger as seven.”

As typical, Republicans are out right here attempting to out-MAGA one another to win the affections of their MAGA-fied base. In fact, Paxton is so insufferably MAGA that he stupidly tried to sue Tylenol’s producer as a result of he believed RFK Jr.’s pseudo-scientific nonsense concerning the drugs inflicting autism.

“All indicators point out that Paxton most likely finishes first,” a Washington GOP operative near Cornyn, who was granted anonymity to candidly focus on the race, advised Politico. “We’re simply hoping the hole is shut sufficient the narrative isn’t ‘Paxton kicked the crap out of Cornyn.’”

Texas Republicans, and the GOP on the whole, had already been grappling with the best way their gerrymandering video games have backfired on them politically, so all of this vicious infighting most likely isn’t serving to them really feel extra assured concerning the social gathering’s capability to proceed having management over the U.S. authorities.

Democrats, after all, shouldn’t be getting too comfy, although. We’re nonetheless practically 9 months away from the midterms. Keep vigilant, my buddies.