{"id":104738,"date":"2026-05-27T06:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/texas-gop-voters-oust-cornyn-in-paxton-upset-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:16:59","slug":"texas-gop-voters-oust-cornyn-in-paxton-upset-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/texas-gop-voters-oust-cornyn-in-paxton-upset-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas GOP voters oust Cornyn in Paxton upset &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQVWhzSEJTekJza1NnSmV0bFk5Qm9GMGs2WThGSWQ2R2pqQVNiZ2VQd2RGU2pNWjJ5U3JYb0loS1ZrMWZNOUJ3YkVPSUpqVml5WHdHM04zSjlVV28wVTZaMHVlNjNXUGJJai1qQWFJVkVTRUNyTnhUbHV3RGdZMnF1b0VB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Texas GOP voters oust Cornyn in Paxton upset<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOeFJoMTFXYkhmZmdZYnZBNnk1WUJOdHI3RHUyZUNwbU5oRmlFM3g1d01aNkVlUlh1alkyVFJocGtVLXhHcXd0VzNURnM2a2JwTDh4OWVCZS1mR21KT25HWk9fTkNXSkVTcFdLT2NNTV9JWUI2Y0lKdGNhR2JnQTJyOEJlMTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in heated Texas primary after scandal-plagued campaign<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1teDdfMXBQeWFMZko3ZzNPTWZXREV4T2JKNXM3MWlISXQtNl9MYTNTNUxFbWgtYmg5RGdHb0JaaTh1QjN6YmM0MTRXZnA0TTRSTHBDMjNOUUlKdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General Ken Paxton routs veteran incumbent Cornyn in Texas Senate primary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPcWo0cTI1WmhYOGtyQzFNZDN6VkNaNDJIZjBCYzZIb1F3OUh4cHRwdEhxcFBKa2tfbUVXU0I5YzZxci10WnBuQzJwcHpNWGJpamJXdlNIRWVMNWJnQk1JbE9BbEM0Z19XdlI4TFo0QThlbVd3djd0SUxvZklLa2xSTXVEX2ZzSkNtdUNaWm9sbjI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Pretty damn bullish\u2019: Democrats have high hopes for Paxton-Talarico showdown<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxONzJBckpscEtGTTVCSHdaOTN4anlET251TVVMeTJvRmhlZjUzbW5jM2g0SnpvY19DSWFWV1NVQXh2QUpCRFYyVFc4U3BqYnZlWXg3Ukk1VFd1YmtYMVdERFZBc1BzT1FvclhhNW5SRDlablFBeWQ0YW9Bbk5OaHUycjlpVzhkbDFaR1BXTGd4MzN6bkVUZkU2ZW1qeEJFRDVsVklHYk4ta0ZxY1NINVY2MFVLb09KUjdQb1dCX2tzSEdEYUZmMmx1ZmYtNjkxbktxRHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Cornyn went to great lengths to avoid Trump&#8217;s wrath. The Texas senator lost his seat anyway<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">KSAT<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas GOP voters oust Cornyn in Paxton upset&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in heated Texas primary after scandal-plagued campaign&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Attorney General Ken&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/texas-gop-voters-oust-cornyn-in-paxton-upset-axios\/\" 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-104738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104738","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=104738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}