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Texas Primaries: Talarico Defeats Crockett; Cornyn, Paxton Headed to Runoff

Cornyn and Ken Paxton were set to face each other in a May 26 runoff.

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This article1 analysis · Oct 9, 2026
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James Talarico was projected to defeat Jasmine Crockett in Texas’s Democratic Senate primary, while John Cornyn and Ken Paxton advanced to a runoff. The article also reports other Texas primary outcomes and the newly set North Carolina Senate matchup.

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John Cornyn R · TX · SEN
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John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Senator and Republican Senate primary candidate headed to a runoff

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Representative and candidate defeated in the Texas Democratic Senate primary

Crockett's version of this story ↗

Democratic Senate candidate projected to win the Texas primary

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Ken Paxton
R · TX

Republican Senate candidate and state attorney general headed to a runoff

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Republican Senate candidate in North Carolina

Dan Crenshaw
R · TX-2

Republican representative who lost his primary

Thom Tillis
R · NC · SEN

Retiring Republican senator from North Carolina

Tony Gonzales
Former U.S. Representative (R-TX)

Representative forced into a runoff; reports recently emerged alleging an affair with a staffer

Roy Cooper
D · NC

Former governor and Democratic Senate candidate in North Carolina

Steve Toth
R · TX

Texas state representative and Republican House candidate who defeated Dan Crenshaw

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Cornyn and Paxton Advance to Texas Senate Runoff

John Cornyn and Ken Paxton advanced from Texas’s Republican Senate primary to a runoff for the party’s U.S. Senate nomination. Left-leaning outlets present the runoff mainly as an election result. Center outlets focus more on the contest’s stakes, candidate strategies and Trump’s pending endorsement. Right-leaning outlets emphasize the race’s combative character, with pjmedia.com arguing Paxton is the stronger Republican choice.

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