Paxton to run against Cornyn for Texas senate seat

 Newsmax:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, an ally of President Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Tuesday why he will challenge Sen. John Cornyn in next year's Republican primary.

"Texans have not gotten the same type of representation from him as we have [Sen.] Ted Cruz," Paxton told "Finnerty." "He's pushed gun restrictions. He was not supportive of Trump building the border wall. He's criticized it many times, although he's been very supportive of sending that same money to Ukraine.

"And he's generally not been supportive of Trump, either in 2016, when he said he was an albatross around our neck, or in 2024, when he said he shouldn't run, that we should have another choice."

Paxton's candidacy poses the most serious threat to Cornyn, 73, since the four-term senator and former Texas attorney general was first elected in 2002. In the four previous Republican primaries, he gained below 77% of the vote only once, in 2014, when he got 59%.

Trump heavily criticized Cornyn in 2022 for the senator's support of a gun control measure in the wake of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 students and two teachers were killed and 17 other people injured.

In 2023, Trump predicted in a Truth Social post that Cornyn, whom he referred to as "The Stiff," and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, would lose their next elections. Romney chose not to seek reelection in 2024.
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Paxton could be a serious threat if Cornyn runs for reelection.  However, it is not clear at this time whether Trump would get involved.  If Trump did get involved in this election, it could be a serious challenge for Cornyn.