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President Trump on Tuesday dropped a bomb onto the bare-knuckle brawl for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas, endorsing longtime MAGA ally Ken Paxton, the state\u2019s attorney general, in the GOP runoff taking place next week.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Trump\u2019s endorsement is a significant, potentially fatal blow to the candidacy of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, who is seeking a fifth term but has been running behind Mr. Paxton in several internal GOP polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cKen is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,\u201d Mr. Trump said on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump said he\u2019s had his \u201cmind made up for a long time\u201d on who he would endorse, but held off until this week, when early voting in Texas began.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton, the president said, \u201chas always been loyal to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The endorsement follows a new University of Houston poll showing the race remains very close. The survey of 800 likely voters found Mr. Paxton leading Mr. Cornyn by 3 points.<\/p>\n

The deep-red state voted for Mr. Trump in all three presidential elections and the president\u2019s endorsement could catapult Mr. Paxton to victory.<\/p>\n

Many Republican Senators had called on Mr. Trump to endorse Mr. Cornyn, but unlike Mr. Paxton, Mr. Cornyn has not always been the president\u2019s loyal ally.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump\u2019s nod will shift the outcome of a race that election analysts said was hard to predict without the presidential endorsement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it goes either way,\u201d Texas-based Republican political consultant Vinny Minchillo said.<\/p>\n

The two candidates have gone scorched-earth against each other as they tried to convince a narrow faction of voters that the other guy is no good.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBeing experienced and being effective is still important,\u201d Mr. Cornyn told The Washington Times, adding a jab against Mr. Paxton. \u201cCharacter still matters, too.\u201dMr. Cornyn has spent tens of millions of dollars on advertising hammering Mr. Paxton over his alleged extramarital affairs, an ugly divorce filed by his wife Angela on \u201cbiblical grounds,\u201d and a 2023 impeachment trial on charges including bribery, abuse of public trust and misappropriation of public resources.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cornyn warned that if Mr. Paxton wins the runoff, he would lose to Democrat James Talarico in November and drag down Republican candidates lower on the ballot.<\/p>\n

The latest poll shows Mr. Cornyn winning against Mr. Talarico in a November matchup, but only by one point.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton is tied with Mr. Talarico in the same poll.<\/p>\n

Texas has not elected a Democrat to serve in the U.S. Senate since 1988.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cornyn has touted his record backing Mr. Trump but has a history of publicly opposing the president and his agenda.<\/p>\n

He initially said he did not back Mr. Trump\u2019s decision to run for president again in 2024. Mr. Cornyn, who later supported Mr. Trump\u2019s campaign, said at the time he did not believe the then-former president could win again in 2024.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cornyn touted himself more recently as a Trump Republican, pointing out his voting record supporting the Trump agenda 99% of the time.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton\u2019s campaign ads replay Mr. Cornyn publicly opposing Mr. Trump\u2019s re-election plans and speaking out against the president\u2019s 2016 pledge to complete the border wall.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paxton\u2019s ads showcase clips of the president praising him as \u201cbrave\u201d and \u201cstrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump still willing to deliver a \u2018big hit\u2019 to Iran, blames Democrats for undermining negotiations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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