{"id":104591,"date":"2026-05-27T01:03:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/texas-republicans-nominate-ken-paxton-for-senate-seat-ousting-incumbent-john-cornyn-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:03:35","slug":"texas-republicans-nominate-ken-paxton-for-senate-seat-ousting-incumbent-john-cornyn-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/texas-republicans-nominate-ken-paxton-for-senate-seat-ousting-incumbent-john-cornyn-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Republicans nominate Ken Paxton for Senate seat, ousting incumbent John Cornyn &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxOQTktc0hnS2haekFVaVlkZ3JxdkVCdm5kVEFCcVN4QUt6TWVSTE03ZnNFZ3FaT0R4T0Q3M0wtd2M3NnJETjdPRTdWOW03LUFYWGw2cWlwM1FKb250YkZ4Q09BMUtPQWRab2dQSGlwNzdRRFc1cTZYYW0zRkV4RWpTLXJfdEtZN1pWZWxnZmV4VmQxUThoaW4xOWZ5N2hCVkpmLXgtVkxwUHk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Republicans nominate Ken Paxton for Senate seat, ousting incumbent John Cornyn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQbWFNYjlXYWhYQWJKSkw0djg5TFFpZ2hVQkt6RGxCM1VXc2V6Y1hDTXk1c05rcjFWZ3pqVlR5cTR4U3gxdnZVV0hnVkRjMThXMzQ2ZjN2LU5pU0o5anRzLU13VDZkQVlCTDlxN0FUZk01OFB6TjZiZF80S2tUR0xjeHFMdVZGTWZO?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Texas primary runoff election: Ken Paxton has big early lead in Senate race against Sen. John Cornyn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxOdTFxUnlmMXd1SXl3bmR0c01GVkZjMDhoVTFialBqc1VOMFA5WEFRT2ZhUW9kNHpIY2NncVdOS0QyNTlFbTNUUE5sbWwzNDByUS1VdVM3cGNLNG0tVUJScVpkXzRtWDFZNHE2aUVRS0t3SzJmbDd2T2R6dG9sX3JUcVVObW5qVVcyYm80ZDVNelNSTUxnSXVjZHkyNzdqc2ZubXJFTjVaUWQxVlBjRkh2Z09remhPVElxZkZtRGJVNnhmeWFuUUpZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">John Cornyn undone by past Trump misgivings, after decades as a loyal party man<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOR3pLM3NFcXNTMElIRUJ3N0VwX1ZuTkpHTWx0RG9ZZ0NBY1JmZGx4TUtBM3lSZTNHdy1EdkhELWV3M3V2ZUo5Z1BMclY3VTlLVU9zUDhRTnVkWTBaSG9oRG05bThna01pckpfMV9aX2ZmWF9Jam14bXhQeGZqZ2lkTzJlcGEyQlXSAYwBQVVfeXFMUDRheDVyMVQ2NURGU2xpWVJRc284VEtiWGwwUlpwV0RVR1psNmo1TGZzSXRfMU1pU3Rvd2F2MldzQkt2RUJTcmI0c0FESzZCQUIxRW8ycDZyQ2h0emNHdXktcGpfTkRJWlZqRWlRX3JEb1cyVUQyT2JnV3dWMnNYVUQtbkNpRHZtTXRkQUw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Cornyn and Paxton go head-to-head in Texas Republican Senate primary after Trump endorsement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNMTYwOWIySjZmN0l5UGhlZDUteVNHcmQ0YUxrbWZ3REkxZVFvenlGcGduLV9xOFppc3VxYVJBNTlOSzN0Wlo0VmNRbkJJQnZCSm52bU1sWWRjaG9EMG9uRnBtQVFtZjB2NGk2bVdQNER6ZGU5NVkwSHl0QWpGT1VJSkh0czNsYjVnQktsQXFIUTJfd3lmdnlnUkxmWW0zMkdUUlpzUWRMVllpcVFOY2UxSlVOOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Paxton&#8217;s blowout win is a warning about American politics | Opinion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republicans nominate Ken Paxton for Senate seat, ousting incumbent John Cornyn&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Texas primary runoff election: Ken Paxton has big early lead in Senate race&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/texas-republicans-nominate-ken-paxton-for-senate-seat-ousting-incumbent-john-cornyn-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}