Ken Paxton to challenge John Cornyn for U.S. Senate seat in Texas

Texas Pakiston Prosecutor announced a fundamental challenge against Senator John Corn for a long time, which paves the way for a battle between politicians representing different parts of the Republican Party.
Backston and Cornene won multiple state elections. Pakston, a hard-line party, was elected for the first time in 2015, while Corn-a Senator Mitch McConnell from Kentucky when he was the Republican Leader of the Senate-has occupied his seat since 2002.
“I announced that I am nominating the US Senate against John Corn, who seems to run again for a period of his fifth term, which will put him there for three decades. It is time to change in Texas,” said Buckston, a host of Fox News Laura Ingharam in her program.
“We have another great American Senator, Ted Cruz, and it is time to have another great member of the Senate who will actually stand and fight for republican values, struggle for the values of Texas residents and also support Trump, Donald Trump, in the areas he focused on in a very important way.”
A 73 -year -old Corn campaign defended his record of voting and said X that Texas needed “conservatives tested in the battle” like Corn.
“This will be a vibrant campaign and we confirm that Texas will have a real option when this race ends,” said communication spokesman. Paxon “fraud”.
Pacton It is isolated By the House of Representatives in Texas in 2023 on charges of corruption, however Be acquitted In the Senate in the state. The following year is I reached a deal This included paying 300,000 dollars in compensation to avoid experimenting in securities caused by the 2015 indictment on charges of felony. He admitted that he was not guilty.
Paxon, 62, has been a strong ally of Trump since Trump’s first time. After the 2020 elections, Buckston Play In support of Trump’s efforts to cancel his loss against Joe Biden. Buckston later used his office Shore many court battles against the Biden administration On a variety of issues.
The primary field of the Republican Party for next year’s elections includes Pakston, Corn and Renny Man, Chairman of the Board of Directors of an independent school in Texas.
On the democratic side, only former MP Colin Alrad jumped to the race. Alared, a former American Football Association player, drew a national attention last year when he sought to cancel Cruz, who won it Nearly 9 percentage points.
Corn won the last Senate, in 2020, in a landslide, 76 % of votes collected He hit his closest opponent with more than a million votes.
Before his election to the Senate, Corne held the current Paxon job, where he held the position of public prosecutor of the state from 1999 to 2002.