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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Senator John Cornyn are set to face off again in a runoff election after neither was able to obtain 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary. Trump has hinted that he will make an endorsement in the race soon.
President Trump posted to Truth Social saying the candidate he doesn’t endorse, he will ask to drop out. Paxton has already committed to remaining in the race even if President Trump asks him to drop out.
He told Just the News on Real America’s Voice: “I’m staying in this race. I owe it to the people of Texas.” This means regardless of what President Trump does, or who he endorses, we’ll likely see a heated runoff. So who would have the advantage?
Political analyst Anthony Russo says that when it comes to pure turnout, Paxton would likely have an edge. “I think Paxton has the advantage,” he explained, “because he does have the people that will take the day off and go vote, and his side leans a little bit more MAGA.”
That will likely make a big difference in a runoff election, where voters are already feeling heavy election fatigue.
That doesn’t, however, mean that Paxton would win a runoff walking away. Russo pointed out that Cornyn does still have significant backing, as well as a large campaign war chest. He advised not to write that off, saying: “Cornyn’s obviously gonna use this money to try to continue on for the next several months, to get to that next vote, which is exactly what got us here.”
He went on to say that Cornyn can—and likely will—use massive amounts of cash from his war chest to push as much turnout in May as possible, and that alone is worth something.