Ken Paxton, the incredibly popular firebrand Texas Attorney General, has made a major announcement: he will be running for the U.S. Senate and will be primarying RINO Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).
Paxton announced his decision during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle” with host Laura Ingraham — where he explained that it is “time for a change in Texas,” and argued that Cornyn clearly has had a “lack of production” during his roughly 23 years as a senator. He also praised Texas’ other senator, Ted Cruz, and asserted that the state needed a second senator that actually fights for the people and stands up for conservative values.
“We have another great US senator, Ted Cruz, and it’s time we have another great senator that will actually stand up and fight for Republican values, fight for the values of the people of Texas, and also support Donald Trump in the areas that he’s focused on in a very significant way,” Paxton said. “And that’s what I plan on doing.”
It's official. I’m running for U.S. Senate to fight for President Trump’s agenda and take a sledgehammer to the D.C. establishment.
Together, let's send John Cornyn packing: https://t.co/rQl0P2UnWU pic.twitter.com/1KIajC0JhN
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) April 8, 2025
Reporting from the Texas Scorecard indicates that Paxton will focus his campaign heavily on his record as Texas’ attorney general, highlighting the over 100 lawsuits he filed against the Biden administration over the last few years.
According to Paxton’s campaign website, “As Texas’ 51st Attorney General, Ken Paxton has been on the front lines of the most important legal fights in the country. He’s sued the Biden administration over 100 times, standing up against open borders policies, government overreach, attacks on the Second Amendment, and the far-left’s radical agenda.”
For years, John Cornyn has betrayed President Trump and the America First movement. Texas deserves better, and that’s why I’m running for U.S. Senate.
Join me in the fight: https://t.co/rQl0P2UnWU pic.twitter.com/WP1g8vbXi0
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) April 9, 2025
Paxton has also been a key ally of President Donald Trump.
The attorney general was infamously impeached by the Texas House in 2023, which conservatives saw as yet another attempt by Democrats and RINOs to politically persecute anyone who disagrees with them — similar to the way that Trump was impeached during his first term.
Paxton has often traded barbs with Cornyn, so many expect that the campaign will be a bitter fight to the end.
Cornyn has been in the U.S. Senate since 2002, and served as the Attorney General of Texas before that, from 1999 to 2002.
