Senate Republicans, including Sen. John Thune’s super PAC, are heavily backing incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in his reelection primary against Secretary of State Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt.
Polls show Cornyn doing the best of the three Republicans against either candidate in the Democratic Senate primary, Sen. James Talarico or Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
Cornyn is the best chance Republicans have to hold the seat in red Texas, where Democrats are surprisingly competitive in what looks like a very Democratic midterm election year.
At an event in Corpus Christi on Friday, Trump did not do what Republicans in the state and in Washington DC wanted him to do.
Cornyn rode to Texas with Trump on Air Force One, but if he was expecting an endorsement from the president at the event attended by all three Republican Senate candidates, he was about to be sorely disappointed.
Republicans warn Cornyn is losing. They will have to spend another $200 million over the medium term to try to keep the Senate seat in Republican hands.
The table was set for Trump to come to Texas and pick the best candidate he thought would help Republicans keep a Senate seat in November.
Instead, Trump gave a huge gift to the Democrats.
Republicans are concerned about that Trump will spoil the Senate race in Texas, and that’s exactly what he’s doing
