By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he will challenge Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn from Texas in the 2026 primary, adding he will support President Donald Trump’s agenda. “I am announcing that I am running for U.S. Senate against John Cornyn,” Paxton said in an interview on […]
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Republican Texas Attorney General Paxton to challenge Senator Cornyn in primary
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By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he will challenge Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn from Texas in the 2026 primary, adding he will support President Donald Trump’s agenda.
“I am announcing that I am running for U.S. Senate against John Cornyn,” Paxton said in an interview on Fox News show “The Ingraham Angle.”
“We have another great U.S. senator, Ted Cruz (from Texas), and it’s time we have another great senator that will actually stand up and fight for Republican values, fight for the values of the people of Texas and also support … Donald Trump in the areas that he’s focused on in a very significant way.”
Cornyn’s campaign immediately highlighted the U.S. senator’s own support for Trump and called Paxton a fraud.”
“Ken Paxton is a fraud,” Cornyn’s team said while touting that the U.S. senator has often voted in favor of Trump’s agenda.
Trump, a Republican, has previously expressed support for both Paxton and Cornyn, who will be seeking a fifth term.
Democrats have not won a Senate race in Texas since 1988.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Stephen Coates)