Why Ken Paxton Crushed Cornyn
Washington Turned John Cornyn Into an Establishment Figure Ben Domenech, who once worked for John Cornyn, cut straight through the spin on Laura Ingraham’s show just prior to polls closing in the Texas GOP Senate runoff: “Washington sucks it all out of you. He’s more establishment now. I wish he was still more conservative.” That one line is the perfect epitaph for Cornyn’s long political career in the upper chamber. On Tuesday, Ken Paxton didn’t just beat him: he destroyed him. Paxton cruised to a decisive 64-36 victory in the runoff after Cornyn had barely edged him out in the March…