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Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
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Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
Ed Morrissey 4:00 PM | May 27, 2026

Spoiler alert: Naaah. But it's certainly fun to fantasize.

Yes, John Cornyn may have been a slightly safer bet than Ken Paxton in a general election. Given the relative difference between how the two would have voted over the next six years, the gain from nominating Paxton probably doesn't justify the assumed risk of dethroning the incumbent Cornyn. It might take more money to fight for the seat in the general election, but that assumes that Democrats would have left Texas alone had Cornyn eked out a win over Paxton.

In the end, though, Texas is Texas, and a primary runoff doesn't change the nature of the Republican or Democrat parties in the Lone Star State.

First off, does anyone know how long it has been since Democrats won a statewide election in Texas? That last happened in Bill Clinton's first term, in the 1994 midterms. Texas Democrats have not won a statewide election in 32 years, a longer skunk streak than Republicans have in Minnesota (2006). Beginning in Clinton's term, Texas Democrats took a turn to the Left, and began their long retreat into Academia. About the closest they came was in 2018, when Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke came within four points of Ted Cruz. That was in a Blue Wave election cycle where Democrats poured tens of millions of dollars into the state, and national media tried to turn O'Rourke into the second coming of JFK, too.

It's not for nothing that Texas Democrats have the longest current streak of statewide-election futility in the nation.

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Re: Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
« Reply #1 on: Today at 05:38:50 am »
About time that "incumbents" realise they ain't shit if they tell you time and time again you'll get nothing and like it..   

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Re: Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
« Reply #2 on: Today at 05:44:21 am »
Vegan gay groomer who believes in a 6 gender God being elected at state wide level in Texas?

Normally, I'd say no.  But after the recent California and Yankee invasion, mostly in Travis County?.....  Not so sure.
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Re: Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
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Vegan gay groomer who believes in a 6 gender God being elected at state wide level in Texas?

Normally, I'd say no.  But after the recent California and Yankee invasion, mostly in Travis County?.....  Not so sure.

North Tarrant county is lousy with Cali libs and Muzzies too.  Place was reliably red when I lived there.  Now....not so much.
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Re: Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
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North Tarrant county is lousy with Cali libs and Muzzies too.  Place was reliably red when I lived there.  Now....not so much.

Plus all the Indians in Collin County, who don't eat meat, would love a Vegan.
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Re: Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
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The New York/D.C./L.A. news media somehow cannot understand that Texas is not about to vote for a guy who wants to ban barbecues, open the border, celebrate Transsexuals and who thinks God is non-binary.

Maybe Austin, parts of DFW and Houston, but statewide... nope.

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Re: Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
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Quote from: andy58-in-nh on Today at 05:52:35 am
The New York/D.C./L.A. news media somehow cannot understand that Texas is not about to vote for a guy who wants to ban barbecues, open the border, celebrate Transsexuals and who thinks God is non-binary.

Maybe Austin, parts of DFW and Houston, but statewide... nope.



This kerfuffle between Cornyn and Paxton pissed a lot off, and I hope by November it doesn't impact GOTV, and overall turnout.  In my parts, 3 of 4 voted for Paxton.  Problem is that there are a lot of big city suburbanites who toe the Bush-RINO line who might stay home.  I think this thing is going to be close.  Dims are pouring in record money, and MSM already making him a TX savior,. 
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Re: Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
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Quote from: catfish1957 on Today at 06:13:08 am
This kerfuffle between Cornyn and Paxton pissed a lot off, and I hope by November it doesn't impact GOTV, and overall turnout.  In my parts, 3 of 4 voted for Paxton.  Problem is that there are a lot of big city suburbanites who toe the Bush-RINO line who might stay home.  I think this thing is going to be close.  Dims are pouring in record money, and MSM already making him a TX savior,.

I honestly don't believe it will be all that close. If the Dems had nominated an old-school, Lloyd Bentsen-type candidate, then they would absolutely have a shot. But this is the queer/commie Democrat Party of the 2020's, not the one that existed in the 1970's.
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Re: Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?
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The New York/D.C./L.A. news media somehow cannot understand that Texas is not about to vote for a guy who wants to ban barbecues, open the border, celebrate Transsexuals and who thinks God is non-binary.

Maybe Austin, parts of DFW and Houston, but statewide... nope.



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