Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Fox News Tuesday that he will challenge Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn for his seat in Washington, D.C.
In March, Paxton hinted at participating in the race in an interview with Punchbowl News. He told the outlet he needed about $20 million to compete in the race. In “Ingraham’s Angle,” Paxton officially announced his campaign, saying it was his state’s “time of change.”
“I’m announcing that I’m running for our Senate against John Cornyn. It looks like John Cornyn is running again in his fifth term. We’ve spent 30 years there, and it’s definitely time for Texas change,” Paxton said.
“We have another great US Senator, Ted Cruz, when we have another great senator who actually stands up and fights for Republican values, fights for the values of the people of Texans, and supports Donald Trump in an area where he focuses in a very important way,” Paxton added.
The main race between the two Republican leaders could be one of the most expensive primary elections in the 2026 cycle, with Kornin facing a potentially tough race as he tries to secure a fifth term next year. (Related: Exclusive: GOP Senator says he’s “on track” in Trump’s coal announcement.)
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Host Laura Ingraham played a video of Cornyn working on the “rumorrows” that Paxton was running, where Cornyn was asked, “a little bit of competition is fine.”
“Look, he said 24 years of this. I think that’s enough given his lack of production. It’s hard to think of him doing good things for Texas and the country,” Paxton said.
“I can certainly point out a lot of things, including his gun restrictions, his lack of wanting to fund the border wall, and President Trump about that, including President Trump’s election in 2016 and his latest election,” Paxton said. “So there’s a lot to focus on something he’s never done. I think it’s time for someone to take responsibility for it.”
In a statement release Max Cohen, a spokesman for Cornyn’s campaign, called “fraud” Attorney General, claims Paxton to Punch Bowl news reporter Max Cohen, who claims that Paxton “meets his girlfriend and deceives his family.”
“He talks harshly about crime and then he gets the crooked, progressive Lina Hidalgo off the hook,” a Cornyn spokesperson wrote. “He says his perk trial is fake, but he didn’t challenge the facts of the legal application, which costs millions of people to the state.
“This will be a lively campaign and I assure the Texans that when this race is over,” the spokesman added.
Related votes from the Texas Political Project showed that in March Paxton held a 37% approval rating and 62% approvals with all voters. GOP-Identification Voters. However, Cornyn held 49% GOP-Identification According to the data, 30% of voters and overall.
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