Texas GOP Senate candidates scarce in public but unavoidable on TV in final day of runoff campaign
Summary
Texas Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate runoff, Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, held no public events on the final day before the election, focusing instead on heavy television advertising. President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton and criticized Cornyn for being disloyal, influencing voter opinions ahead of the May 20 runoff.Key Facts
- The Texas GOP runoff is between Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
- Neither candidate held public events on the last day before voting, relying on TV ads instead.
- Cornyn’s campaign and supportive groups have spent over $109 million, mostly on ads.
- President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton on May 19 and called Cornyn "VERY disloyal" to him.
- Cornyn held his last public campaign event on Friday; Paxton’s final events were Thursday.
- Early voting ended on May 17 in Texas for this runoff.
- Trump’s criticism of Cornyn mirrors his stance on other GOP incumbents in recent primaries.
- The race is expected to have low voter turnout compared to Texas’s total 18.7 million voters.
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