Trump, Senate and John Cornyn
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Sen. John Cornyn lost to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the GOP Senate runoff. Trump last week endorsed Paxton, who will face Democrat James Talarico in November.
The Republican-controlled South Carolina Senate rejected an effort to draw new congressional districts, bucking President Donald Trump.
Trump mocks Texas Democrat James Talarico as Alfred E. Neuman and pledges big rallies for Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton ahead of November's election.
The GOP suffered another setback Tuesday in Alabama, where a federal court blocked the sate from using a new Republican-drawn map.
As early in-person voting began Tuesday in South Carolina’s primaries, the state Senate rejected a Republican plan to cancel those congressional votes and instead schedule a new primary under revised districts designed to help the GOP oust a longtime Democrat.