Nearly $100 million spent on campaign advertising for Texas Senate seat, report says

Texas Senate race heats up: Cornyn trails Paxton as $98 million+ spent, runoff looms and campaigns gear up for November showdown.

John Cornyn fights for political survival as early voting kicks off in Texas: From the Politics Desk

Steve Kornacki takes stock of the Texas GOP Senate primary between John Cornyn, Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt as early voting gets underway.

John Cornyn and James Talarico campaign in Austin on first day of early voting: See the photos

Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico answers questions from the press after early voting at Gus Garcia Recreation Center in Austin Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico answers questions from the press after early voting at Gus Garcia Recreation Center in Austin Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.

Trump stays neutral as Cornyn, Paxton and Hunt battle for Senate nomination

Early voting begins this week in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, one of the most expensive races in the country, as incumbent Sen. John Cornyn works to fend off two challengers: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Houston-area Congressman Wesley Hunt.
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GOP Senate candidates in heated primary battle to represent Texas as Trump declines endorsement

Four-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn is defending his seat against three-term Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and two-term U.S. Representative Wesley Hunt.

GOP Sen. John Cornyn unveils ‘Defeat Sharia Law Act’ amid contoversy over sprawling Muslim-centered community

WASHINGTON — US Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is introducing new legislation aimed at making the enforcement of Islamic Sharia Law, and discrimination based on the fundamentalist Muslim code, a violation of the Civil Rights Act — amid the ongoing controversy surrounding a proposed Muslim-centered community in the Lone Star State.