Texas election results: Who won the Senate, governor and attorney general primaries? Ken Paxton vs John Cornyn winner
Cornyn lost the Republican Senate runoff to Paxton, according to NBC News projections.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYHindustan Times is an established international news organization with an identifiable author, though this article relies on projected results attributed to NBC News and provides little original reporting detail.
- Source type — Established international news publisher; stronger institutional standing than an aggregator or blog.
- Editorial standards — The publisher is an established newsroom, but the short report offers limited sourcing and context.
- Author attribution — An individual author is named.
- Track record — Institutional credibility is established, but the article itself supplies little evidence of independent verification.
The article gives precise vote shares and attributes the Senate and attorney-general results to NBC News projections or early results. It offers little context or additional sourcing, and some results are described as leads rather than final outcomes.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The piece reports results across both parties and multiple races, but provides little context beyond vote shares and one quoted endorsement.
- Source diversity — Results are attributed to NBC News projections, with no additional independent sources.
- Counterarguments presented — This results roundup does not offer opposing arguments or candidate responses.
- Opinion vs reporting — The article is presented as reporting, and does not state an editorial verdict.
- Omitted context — Limited context on the races and candidates reduces completeness.
The article presents election results and attributed campaign statements in largely factual language, without a discernible ideological framing.
- Language tone — Mostly straightforward reporting, with campaign praise presented as a quotation.
- Framing — The article focuses on projected results across several Texas races.
- Source selection — Election projections are attributed to NBC News; no partisan commentary is presented.
NBC News projections showed Ken Paxton defeating Sen. John Cornyn in Texas’s Republican Senate runoff, while the article also reported results and leads in other statewide and congressional contests.
NBC News projections put Ken Paxton ahead of John Cornyn in the Republican Senate runoff, with 62.6% of the vote to Cornyn’s 37.4%. The article also said James Talarico secured the Democratic Senate nomination after an earlier primary round in which Jasmine Crockett was among his opponents.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Cornyn in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Cornyn’s record.
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President who endorsed Paxton
Representative and Democratic House runoff candidate in District 18
Representative and Democratic House runoff candidate in District 33
Representative and Republican attorney-general candidate
Representative and Democratic House runoff candidate in District 18
Democratic House candidate in District 35
Democratic House candidate in District 33
Part of a bigger story
28 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Ken Paxton defeated incumbent John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate runoff, winning the GOP nomination. Coverage also notes that Paxton will face Democrat James Talarico in November. Left-leaning outlets cast Trump's endorsement as a potentially costly intervention that could weaken Republican prospects and give Democrats an opening. Center outlets mostly report the result and November matchup, with some attention to Cornyn's response and the race's broader implications. Right-leaning outlets more often treat Paxton's win as evidence of Trump's influence and Trump-aligned voters' strength, with some framing it as a rebuke to the party establishment.
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