Not a huge turnout at my local polling place a little while ago. I don’t think anyone in my area cares for either Cornyn or Paxton.
Pretty busy down at Aledo (suburb s.w. of Fort Worth).
I’ve been deluged with adverts from Cornyn all alleging that Paxton was the next worst thing to a child molesting cannibal who also littered….
I cannot find the words to adequately express how horrified and sick I became of this spectacle. We have real enemies over in the Donkey Party. If you must spew venom, spew it on them and not a member of your own party.
How about a positive campaign? ‘Vote for me because I can do a better job.’
I voted for Paxton, mostly in revulsion at Cornyn.
Well, Cornyn’s had a long time to do a really good job, and if he has to throw this much mud to survive in office, maybe it’s time for him to go.
The largest amount of mail I’ve gotten this cycle is for the AG race. I think Middleton probably has it sewn up.
I am looking forward to the Talarico campaign trying to convince voters that he’s a normal guy for the general. Beto was weird but oddly photogenic. Talarico is, well, not.
Paxton way ahead with about 40% of the vote in.
Looking good for Paxton 62-38 but people will be voting in El Paso area until 9 pm Eastern.
9 pm. DecisiondeskHQ calls TX Senate for Paxton
Bob Wilson, thanks for explaining why calling the race took so long.
I have a cousin who lives in Texas. According to him Paxton has been in a years long feud with the Bush wing (i.e. Cornyn, et al) of the Texas GOP. I predict Trump will say something like “Paxton beat him till he .issed then he beat him for .issin’. Maybe there really is a major change in the GOP. They seem to have found some backbone.
Can’t wait for 6am NPR news to tell me why Trump’s endorsement had nothing to do with it.
I voted for Paxton and urged him on my neighbors, and I thought he would win–but I never imagined he would absolutely annihilate Cornyn this way. I guess I wasn’t the only one who’d had it.
The Daily Mail headline. You can guess who they wanted to win.
“Trump delivers brutal Texas payback as scandal-plagued Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in MAGA Senate bloodbath”
Plenty of encouragement for the rest of the GOPe to do what GOP voters want now, I hope. If not, we can encourage them some more.
Nik, the South Carolina state senate rinos have not gotten the message. They killed redistricting to keep Clyburn in office.
I cannot find the words to adequately express how horrified and sick I became of this spectacle. We have real enemies over in the Donkey Party. If you must spew venom, spew it on them and not a member of your own party.
How about a positive campaign? ‘Vote for me because I can do a better job.’
I voted for Paxton, mostly in revulsion at Cornyn.
— David
You just answered your own question.
Elections tend to be won on the negative. It’s probably just human nature.
As for primary attacks, it’s the nature of the beast. Remember Trump and Cruz in the primaries in 2016. Now they work together hand-in-glove. Or the predictions that having deSantis run in 2024 would split MAGA and guarantee Dem victory?
It’s been ever thus.
Can’t wait for 6am NPR news to tell me why Trump’s endorsement had nothing to do with it.
— Ray Van Dune
I’m not sure Trump did have too much to do with it. Cornyn had built up a lot of bad will of late.
But if they can’t spin it as ‘Trump irrelevant’, it’ll likely be ‘Trump destroys GOP chances in November’. That’s the other standard headline.
David – your post called to mind one of my favorite quotes on voting:
“If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for … but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”
– Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Paxton defeated George P. Bush, son of Jeb Bush, for the GOP nomination for state AG back in 2022.
Now Cornyn gets to be just like Tillis until January, alas.
Massie just registered to run for something again in Kentucky. Said he would figure out what position to run for later. Didn’t say as a Republican, Democrat or Communist.
Meanwhile, he is now in Costa Rica visiting Marjorie Taylor Greene. Alone? With his wife? Who knows.
Haven’t followed the Texas race too closely , but the media kept talking about scandal plagued Paxton. I assume they aren’t just talking about telling falsehoods , and he was fighting the Covid scam as I remember . What evil did he do ?
I’ve found it very hard for several years to get to the bottom of what Paxton is credibly accused of. I assume his wife is telling the truth in complaining of his marital infidelity (though who ever knows for sure), but the accusations about malfeasance in office are murky and short on real evidence. My own state rep can’t stand him but also won’t produce anything specific when challenged. Paxton was impeached in the Texas House and acquitted in the Senate. The accusations sure sounded like hit jobs from holdover RINO staff in the Texas AG’s office. I fully support the policies Paxton very ably supported as AG, whereas Cornyn seemed more and more committed to presiding over genteel failure.
I can’t escape the suspicion that the allegations were unproveable and meant to provide a basis to describe Paxton forevermore as “scandal plagued.”
I think Cornyn should have retired. He is 74 years old and has been on public payrolls since 1985. (He practiced law for about seven years before that). You can see his general disposition has cost him much of his constituency in the Republican Party.
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This fellow Paxton is disconcerting. His impeachment trial occurred in 2023 and this is the first statewide contest he’s faced since. Not the candidate I would prefer. I do correspond with a blawger who thinks the charges against him were a function of factional disputes within the Texas Republican Party. He certainly seems to have made enemies among the Republican caucus of the lower house; that in the upper chamber refused to pull the trigger.
Hubby and I voted for Paxton last week, and would have done so even if Trump had endorsed Cornyn. I have to admit while watching the results last night, I had a map of Texas open and watched as the counties reported. In the end (if I remember correctly) Cornyn won only 3 counties, and one, in south TX it was 6 – 2. Literally. 8 people. I honestly felt sorry for the guy. It was a huge win for Paxton.
Like Wendy K Laubach, I have yet to completely figure out what he’s accused of (besides the divorce thing).
Hopefully not a Greene New Deal.
I wouldn’t put anything past those shifty skunks…
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Not a huge turnout at my local polling place a little while ago. I don’t think anyone in my area cares for either Cornyn or Paxton.
Pretty busy down at Aledo (suburb s.w. of Fort Worth).
I’ve been deluged with adverts from Cornyn all alleging that Paxton was the next worst thing to a child molesting cannibal who also littered….
I cannot find the words to adequately express how horrified and sick I became of this spectacle. We have real enemies over in the Donkey Party. If you must spew venom, spew it on them and not a member of your own party.
How about a positive campaign? ‘Vote for me because I can do a better job.’
I voted for Paxton, mostly in revulsion at Cornyn.
Well, Cornyn’s had a long time to do a really good job, and if he has to throw this much mud to survive in office, maybe it’s time for him to go.
The largest amount of mail I’ve gotten this cycle is for the AG race. I think Middleton probably has it sewn up.
I am looking forward to the Talarico campaign trying to convince voters that he’s a normal guy for the general. Beto was weird but oddly photogenic. Talarico is, well, not.
Paxton way ahead with about 40% of the vote in.
Looking good for Paxton 62-38 but people will be voting in El Paso area until 9 pm Eastern.
9 pm. DecisiondeskHQ calls TX Senate for Paxton
Bob Wilson, thanks for explaining why calling the race took so long.
I have a cousin who lives in Texas. According to him Paxton has been in a years long feud with the Bush wing (i.e. Cornyn, et al) of the Texas GOP. I predict Trump will say something like “Paxton beat him till he .issed then he beat him for .issin’. Maybe there really is a major change in the GOP. They seem to have found some backbone.
Can’t wait for 6am NPR news to tell me why Trump’s endorsement had nothing to do with it.
I voted for Paxton and urged him on my neighbors, and I thought he would win–but I never imagined he would absolutely annihilate Cornyn this way. I guess I wasn’t the only one who’d had it.
The Daily Mail headline. You can guess who they wanted to win.
“Trump delivers brutal Texas payback as scandal-plagued Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in MAGA Senate bloodbath”
Plenty of encouragement for the rest of the GOPe to do what GOP voters want now, I hope. If not, we can encourage them some more.
Nik, the South Carolina state senate rinos have not gotten the message. They killed redistricting to keep Clyburn in office.
— David
You just answered your own question.
Elections tend to be won on the negative. It’s probably just human nature.
As for primary attacks, it’s the nature of the beast. Remember Trump and Cruz in the primaries in 2016. Now they work together hand-in-glove. Or the predictions that having deSantis run in 2024 would split MAGA and guarantee Dem victory?
It’s been ever thus.
— Ray Van Dune
I’m not sure Trump did have too much to do with it. Cornyn had built up a lot of bad will of late.
But if they can’t spin it as ‘Trump irrelevant’, it’ll likely be ‘Trump destroys GOP chances in November’. That’s the other standard headline.
David – your post called to mind one of my favorite quotes on voting:
“If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for … but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”
– Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Paxton defeated George P. Bush, son of Jeb Bush, for the GOP nomination for state AG back in 2022.
Now Cornyn gets to be just like Tillis until January, alas.
Massie just registered to run for something again in Kentucky. Said he would figure out what position to run for later. Didn’t say as a Republican, Democrat or Communist.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/25/thomas-massie-kentucky-2028-house-election-
Meanwhile, he is now in Costa Rica visiting Marjorie Taylor Greene. Alone? With his wife? Who knows.
Haven’t followed the Texas race too closely , but the media kept talking about scandal plagued Paxton. I assume they aren’t just talking about telling falsehoods , and he was fighting the Covid scam as I remember . What evil did he do ?
I’ve found it very hard for several years to get to the bottom of what Paxton is credibly accused of. I assume his wife is telling the truth in complaining of his marital infidelity (though who ever knows for sure), but the accusations about malfeasance in office are murky and short on real evidence. My own state rep can’t stand him but also won’t produce anything specific when challenged. Paxton was impeached in the Texas House and acquitted in the Senate. The accusations sure sounded like hit jobs from holdover RINO staff in the Texas AG’s office. I fully support the policies Paxton very ably supported as AG, whereas Cornyn seemed more and more committed to presiding over genteel failure.
I can’t escape the suspicion that the allegations were unproveable and meant to provide a basis to describe Paxton forevermore as “scandal plagued.”
I think Cornyn should have retired. He is 74 years old and has been on public payrolls since 1985. (He practiced law for about seven years before that). You can see his general disposition has cost him much of his constituency in the Republican Party.
==
This fellow Paxton is disconcerting. His impeachment trial occurred in 2023 and this is the first statewide contest he’s faced since. Not the candidate I would prefer. I do correspond with a blawger who thinks the charges against him were a function of factional disputes within the Texas Republican Party. He certainly seems to have made enemies among the Republican caucus of the lower house; that in the upper chamber refused to pull the trigger.
Hubby and I voted for Paxton last week, and would have done so even if Trump had endorsed Cornyn. I have to admit while watching the results last night, I had a map of Texas open and watched as the counties reported. In the end (if I remember correctly) Cornyn won only 3 counties, and one, in south TX it was 6 – 2. Literally. 8 people. I honestly felt sorry for the guy. It was a huge win for Paxton.
Like Wendy K Laubach, I have yet to completely figure out what he’s accused of (besides the divorce thing).
Hopefully not a Greene New Deal.
I wouldn’t put anything past those shifty skunks…