Associated Press called the race at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, estimating 49 percent of the vote had been counted. At the time of the call, Paxton led Cornyn 62.5 percent to 37.5 percent, with 505,741 votes to Cornyn’s 303,276.
Paxton’s victory comes one week after President Donald Trump gave him his “Complete and Total Endorsement,” calling him “The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas,” “an America First Patriot,” and “someone who has always been extremely loyal” to Trump and the MAGA movement. Trump praised Paxton as a supporter of “TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER” and “THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,” while saying Paxton would fight to cut taxes and regulations, secure the border, stop migrant crime, protect the Second Amendment, support Texas oil and gas, and safeguard elections.
Trump also criticized Cornyn while saying the incumbent was “a good man” with whom he had “worked well.” Trump said Cornyn “was not supportive of me when times were tough” and was “very late” in backing him during his run for the Republican nomination and presidency. Paxton responded to the endorsement by saying he was “incredibly honored” and looked forward to championing Trump’s America First agenda in the Senate. On The Alex Marlow Show, Paxton said his campaign had worried Trump might endorse Cornyn, adding that they wanted to highlight what he described as the issue: “the Senate with John Cornyn doesn’t accomplish anything.”
Cornyn remained in the race after Trump’s endorsement, and his campaign saw nearly $150,000 in contributions the next day, including from donors with histories of giving to Democrats, Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, and the Never Trump Lincoln Project.
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