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Will [TX] AG Ken Paxton Challenge John Cornyn for US Senate Seat?
Texas Scorecard ^ | September 21, 2023 | Sydnie Henry

Posted on 09/22/2023 6:09:03 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers

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We need someone aggressive like Ken Paxton to run against John Cornyn in 2026. With Paxton's name recognition and reputation for fighting Biden's regime with lawsuits, he should have a good chance of ousting Cornyn. Seventy-seven percent of his lawsuits were successful,

If Cornyn is not defeated in the 2026 election, with his seniority, he could well end up becoming the Senate majority/minority leader replacing McConnell. This would be disaster.

Tea Party groups in Texas worked hard to defeat Cornyn in the 2014 primary by supporting a good challenger, Steve Stockman. We got Cornyn's vote down to 59% in the primary, which is low for an long-term incumbent. Cornyn is strongly supported by the lobbyists and special interests making it hard to get rid of him.

I met Cornyn at the Texas Republican Convention in 2002 when he won his first primary. I didn't like him then and have not liked him since that time.

Our Senator Ted Cruz does a good job being visible, available and active in promoting Republican priorities and fighting the left. Cornyn has been AWOL since the beginning.

1 posted on 09/22/2023 6:09:03 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
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To: JeepersFreepers

But with the Bushes in his corner how could Cornyn possibly lose?


2 posted on 09/22/2023 6:13:15 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: JeepersFreepers

McConnell and Cornyn are the best Senators the District of Columbia ever had ...


3 posted on 09/22/2023 6:13:34 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ....)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Does Paxton really want to go to DC? How about Governor of Texas?


4 posted on 09/22/2023 6:15:28 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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I would vote for Paxton. I would love to see him challenge Cornyn.


5 posted on 09/22/2023 6:17:28 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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If Trump returns, I would like Paxton for AG.


6 posted on 09/22/2023 6:18:42 PM PDT by DMD13
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To: JeepersFreepers

Hope So.


7 posted on 09/22/2023 6:24:55 PM PDT by tennmountainman (FUJB)
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To: DMD13

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


8 posted on 09/22/2023 6:25:44 PM PDT by Fungi
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#6: "If Trump When President Trump returns, I would like Paxton for AG.

Fixed that for you!

9 posted on 09/22/2023 6:27:06 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: JeepersFreepers

Kick Cornhole Cornyn to the curb.


10 posted on 09/22/2023 6:28:28 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Call it out to the Universe and it will happen.

Good job!


11 posted on 09/22/2023 6:34:13 PM PDT by DMD13
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Cornyn is a Paul Ryan/Mitch McConnell sock puppet. Texas needs rid of him.


12 posted on 09/22/2023 6:35:32 PM PDT by abbastanza
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Joe DiGenova has an axe to grind, both he and his wife were caught up in the ongoing hoax. Joe would be the bulldog we all want.


13 posted on 09/22/2023 6:36:51 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: JeepersFreepers

According to Paxton, if a law allowing the AG to prosecute voter fraud does not get reinstated in Texas it will soon go blue.

The Texas crooked GOP under that drunk GOP RAT phony Dade Phelan, isn’t going to let it get changed back either.


14 posted on 09/22/2023 6:38:45 PM PDT by dforest
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One of the few powers that the Texas Governor actually has is to call special sessions of the legislature and specify what the topic of it is. He can force Drunk Dade to do what he was elected to do. Pressure will mount on him to do it because the rest of the legislators want to get back to their lives instead of repeated special sessions.


15 posted on 09/22/2023 6:54:13 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Paxton is a flawed man in his personal life. I ask all, whom is not flawed? I am! Paxton has been a loyal soldier for Constitutional law and State rights as defined under our Federal Constitution and our Constitution of Texas. As such I have always supported him.

When the majority Republican House voted for impeachment my initial assumption was that Paxton was guilty. I watched Paxton’s lawyer destroy the charges against Paxton with great skill, satire, legal logic and humor. His lawyer was brilliant. I will vote for Paxton in the future. His own personable foibles that had nothing to do with politics have been paid in full at home and I must assume at a high price from his wife.

I wish them well.


16 posted on 09/22/2023 7:40:51 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-oilfield roughneck-drilling fluiids tech-geologist-pilot-instructor-pharmacist)
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To: SuzyQue

Someone has to replace Cornyn! Couldn’t think of a better person than Paxton!!!!!!


17 posted on 09/22/2023 8:12:25 PM PDT by bantam
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Is Phelan toast? Perhaps it might be best to turn his seat over to a democrat if he can’t be primaries.


18 posted on 09/22/2023 8:47:10 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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The State party is fractured due to Drunk Dade’s antics. County Republican Parties are calling for his resignation and that is the only thing that -might- heal the rift.


19 posted on 09/22/2023 9:04:59 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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To: CatOwner; dforest

Paxton is 60 nearly. The U.S. Senate is surely his calling and ticket.

He’d be wasted as just a governor

I say YES to U.S. Senate!

He’d be a fighter...


20 posted on 09/22/2023 9:19:30 PM PDT by RandFan
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