TX-SEN: Cruz staying neutral in Cornyn, Paxton runoff [View all]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Wednesday that he plans to stay neutral in the heated GOP primary for Senate in Texas after the race was projected to head to a May runoff.

Cruz’s Texas colleague, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), advanced alongside Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in Tuesday’s primary after neither candidate got over the threshold needed to avoid a runoff.

Cruz’s decision to stay neutral comes amid the looming possibility of an endorsement from President Trump, who won Texas by double digits in 2024 and has so far stayed out of the contest, despite endorsing in a slate of other Lone Star State contests.

Trump on Wednesday teased that he would endorse in the GOP Senate race “soon” and said he plans to ask the rival candidate to then drop out.



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