BREAKING UPDATE: Ken Paxton SMOKES RINO John Cornyn LANDSLIDE Victory Within One Hour of Polls Closing – Trump Responds!
UPDATE: At 9 pm ET, Decision Desk projected Ken Paxton as the winner, unseating RINO John Cornyn. The post BREAKING UPDATE: Ken Paxton SMOKES RINO John Cornyn LANDSLIDE Victory Within One Hour of Polls Closing – Trump Responds! appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
TL;DR
- Ken Paxton projected winner of Texas Republican Senate primary runoff against John Cornyn.
- Paxton led by over 25 points with approximately 50% of votes counted.
- Decision Desk HQ projected Paxton's victory at 9:00 PM EDT.
- President Trump celebrated Paxton's win on Truth Social.
- Cornyn held a small watch party, while Paxton had a large rally.
- Paxton dominated early vote totals and the first election day vote dump.
- Polls closed at 8 pm ET, with initial results showing Paxton leading significantly statewide.
- Paxton led Cornyn 62.4% to 37.6% in Denton County, where Cornyn had previously won against Paxton.
- Paxton held a statewide lead with 61.8% of the total votes counted.
- Prediction markets gave Paxton over a 96% chance of victory.
- Trump endorsed Paxton prior to the runoff.