Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) engaged in a sparring match this week over who the true MAGA candidate in the Texas GOP primary is. An already heated primary between the incumbent Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was joined by Hunt earlier this month.

She joins Andrew White, who ran for governor back in 2018 but lost in the Democratic primary runoff. Hinojosa kicked off her campaign during a rally in her hometown of Brownsville. She has advocated for increased state funding for public schools and was among the sharpest critics of the state's new school choice program that passed last year.

The decision by the group's governing board ends an intraparty stalemate that would have led the organization into a costly legal battle.

The Texas GOP has voted to censure five of its own in the Texas House yet stopped short of banning them from the 2026 primary ballot, rejecting an untested provision that some House members say would have violated their constitutional right to appear on the ballot.

The contentious Republican primary between Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton received a political jolt of its own after Representative Wesley Hunt ended months of speculation and entered the race. On Monday, Oct. 6, he announced his campaign and joined Cornyn, who is seeking a fifth term, and Paxton.

This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. With Texas legislators locked in a standoff over Republicans’ push to redraw the state’s congressional districts ...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn remains extremely vulnerable, even while closing the polling gap with Republican primary challenger Ken Paxton.