Source: Washington Post
by Geroge F Will
“John Cornyn, who next year will seek a fifth term, is respected by colleagues, who elected him to be Republican whip from 2013 to 2019. He is judicious: He was a Texas Supreme Court justice. He is conservative: The National Rifle Association and the National Federation of Independent Businesses give him 100 percent ratings. His AFL-CIO rating is 0 percent. Currently, however, Cornyn is polling behind a challenger in next year’s Republican primary: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has, to say no more, a checkered past. … If Cornyn is renominated, his reelection would be highly probable, so securing it would not burden the national party. With Paxton as its nominee, the Republican Party might have to spend $250 million … to drag him to victory. Even that sum might fail to do so. Also, every national dollar spent in Texas cannot be spent elsewhere.” (07/04/25)