With their Republican nominations in hand, the two are favored to win their GOP-leaning seats in November to replace outgoing Reps. Jodey Arrington and Wesley Hunt.
Tom Sell, Jon Bonck win open GOP primary runoffs for solidly red congressional seats
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2026 Texas Elections
Alex Mealer wins GOP nomination for new Houston congressional district, defeating state Rep. Briscoe Cain
The Army veteran was endorsed by President Donald Trump and saw millions in outside spending on her behalf. Cain, meanwhile, was backed by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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2026 Texas Elections
Paxton-backed Thomas Smith defeats Alison Fox in GOP runoff for Texas’ highest criminal court
The all-Republican Court of Criminal Appeals has undergone extensive turnover since AG Ken Paxton began targeting incumbent judges.
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2026 Texas Elections
“The last of the gentlemen Republicans”: John Cornyn’s four-decade political career ends with a MAGA uprising
A former state Supreme Court justice, Texas attorney general and a four-term U.S. senator, Cornyn had held on in the Republican Party as it transformed from the party of Bush, to the Tea Party movement and eventually the dominion of Trump.
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2026 Texas Elections
Christian Menefee defeats longtime Houston Rep. Al Green in Texas’ new 18th Congressional District
Green’s loss means the Texas House delegation is losing one of its most senior members, who served more than 20 years in Congress.
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas 2026 primary runoff election results for U.S. Senate, attorney general and more
Follow The Texas Tribune’s coverage of election results for the 2026 primary runoffs for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, attorney general, the Texas Legislature and other races.
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Texas’ raucous primary runoffs end today. Here’s what to watch.
John Cornyn is trying to fend off Ken Paxton. Both parties are picking attorney general nominees. And an oil and gas regulatory race has become uncharacteristically costly.
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2026 Texas Elections
House Democratic runoff heats up in the Rio Grande Valley, where the party hopes to reverse GOP gains
Texas House District 41 was opened by the retirement of Rep. Bobby Guerra, a Democrat. Donald Trump carried the district with 50.3% of the vote in 2024.
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2026 Texas Elections
Rallies, ad blitzes and a Trump endorsement: inside the final days of the Cornyn-Paxton runoff
Nearly 14 months and $135 million later, Texas’ blockbuster Republican Senate primary will finally be decided Tuesday.
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Immigration
Trump administration to force foreigners in the U.S. to apply for a green card abroad
The surprise change is the latest step by White House to make legal immigration more difficult for foreigners already in the U.S. and for those hoping to come here.
