Most polls closed at 7pm Central - except for 3 counties out west. They just closed at 8pm Central (7pm Mountain). I have no idea why Daugherty said the race was called that early. I just saw it called at 8pm Central. It's bad form to call a race before all the polls are closed. Even NBC didn't do that.
HOWEVER - Paxton DID win! He kicked Cornyn's RINO ass.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff.
The Associated Press called the race within a minute of polls closing.
UPDATE 9:00 p.m. ET:
Polls across Texas are now closed, with the 7 o’clock hour arriving in El Paso, Texas.
Fifty-six percent of votes are in in the Republican Senate runoff. Paxton is ahead with 62.5 percent.
Expect prognosticators to begin calling this race any moment now.
UPDATE 8:55 p.m. ET:
The NRSC statement does not name Paxton – polls are still open, after all – and is attributed to a regional press secretary, not Thune or NRSC Chair Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC).
Thune and Scott presumably must speak about their party’s nominee at some point. But they’ll also be pressured to answer why they funneled tens of millions of dollars into a losing candidate, money that bloodied their eventual nominee and, by conventional understanding of politics, will make the Republicans’ chance of keeping the seat more difficult, or at least more expensive.
Here is a live link to results. https://apnews.com/live/election-primary-texas-runoff-05-26-2026
At this time: 7:50 PM, only 45% of the votes have been counted. Paxton, at this moment, is at 63% Cornyn at 37%.
It Will be interesting to see what Cornyn does on his way out
Probably be as big an ass as Cassidy. He's showing his true colors. Honor, integrity, morals, not found
u/#trumpdrums
u/#byebye
Rino removed finally
Hell yes! This is what I voted for! Love Paxton!
Y’all, the polls closed at 7:00 PM. It’s just now 7:35 in Texas. Hopefully, Paxton is the winner.
Most polls closed at 7pm Central - except for 3 counties out west. They just closed at 8pm Central (7pm Mountain). I have no idea why Daugherty said the race was called that early. I just saw it called at 8pm Central. It's bad form to call a race before all the polls are closed. Even NBC didn't do that.
HOWEVER - Paxton DID win! He kicked Cornyn's RINO ass.
Update from Epoch Times: Paxton wins 62.6% of the votes. Paxton Defeats Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate Runoff https://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/paxton-defeats-cornyn-in-texas-gop-senate-runoff-6038901?utm_medium=app&c=share_pos1&pid=iOS_app_share&utm_source=iOS_app_share
All polls should be closed now.
Breitbart said Cornyn chances were on theoretical as of 20-30 min ago...
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/26/election-night-livewire-paxton-vs-cornyn-finale-headlines-texas-runoffs/
UPDATE 9:04 p.m. ET:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff.
The Associated Press called the race within a minute of polls closing.
UPDATE 9:00 p.m. ET:
Polls across Texas are now closed, with the 7 o’clock hour arriving in El Paso, Texas.
Fifty-six percent of votes are in in the Republican Senate runoff. Paxton is ahead with 62.5 percent.
Expect prognosticators to begin calling this race any moment now.
UPDATE 8:55 p.m. ET:
The NRSC statement does not name Paxton – polls are still open, after all – and is attributed to a regional press secretary, not Thune or NRSC Chair Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC).
Thune and Scott presumably must speak about their party’s nominee at some point. But they’ll also be pressured to answer why they funneled tens of millions of dollars into a losing candidate, money that bloodied their eventual nominee and, by conventional understanding of politics, will make the Republicans’ chance of keeping the seat more difficult, or at least more expensive.
Cornyn texted me some folksy gimmes, every one of them were tabbed as spam and blocked.
When are the people on the Epstein client list gonna be held accountable?