Cornyn concedes; Paxton projected to defeat incumbent senator in Texas’ GOP runoff – Tue, 26 May 2026 PST

Republican Sen. John Cornyn conceded his runoff race against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Tuesday night. “Tonight we’ve come up short in this primary runoff,” Cornyn said. He had just taken the podium and was still talking at about 8:15 p.m. Minutes before, news outlets projected that Paxton would defeat Cornyn. Paxton has 62.8% of votes to Cornyn’s 37.2%, with 493 of 3153 polling …