Ken Paxton Announces Senate Bid, Sets Up Texas GOP Battle with John Cornyn

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a challenge to longtime GOP Senator John Cornyn in what is poised to become a tense Republican primary race next year. Paxton made his formal announcement on Fox News with Laura Ingraham , and shared a clip from "The Ingraham Angle" on his X, formerly Twitter , account. He posted, "It's official.

I'm running for U.S. Senate to fight for President Trump's agenda and take a sledgehammer to the D.



C. establishment." It's official.

I’m running for U.S. Senate to fight for President Trump’s agenda and take a sledgehammer to the D.

C. establishment. Together, let's send John Cornyn packing: https://t.

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