Cornyn Says He's Spoken To Trump About A Potential Endorsement: 'if He Endorsed Me, The Race Would Be Over'

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas — who is up for re-election adjacent twelvemonth and facing a superior situation from Lone Star State Attorney General Ken Paxton — told NBC News that he has spoken to President Donald Trump astir a imaginable endorsement.

"I’ve talked to him astir it a number of times. He is not fresh to make that endorsement," Cornyn told nan outlet. "I deliberation arsenic we commencement advertizing and closing nan spread successful nan polls, hopefully he’ll spot fresh to make that endorsement, but we can’t wait." 

"I pointed retired to him, and he knows this, that if he endorsed me, nan title would beryllium over," nan legislator noted, according to nan outlet.

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Left to right: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is seen successful nan U.S. Capitol connected Wednesday, April 9, 2025; President Donald Trump walks into nan White House connected July 13, 2025, successful Washington, D.C.; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during nan yearly Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gathering connected Feb. 23, 2024, successful National Harbor, Md. (Left to right: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Cornyn has spent much than 2 decades successful nan Senate — anterior to taking agency successful precocious 2002, he served arsenic Texas lawyer general, nan station that Paxton presently occupies.

In a connection to Fox News Digital, Cornyn run elder advisor Matt Mackowiak said that "President Trump’s endorsement is nan astir powerful endorsement successful nan modern history of nan Republican Party." 

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"Senator Cornyn and President Trump are bully friends and adjacent friends and Senator Cornyn is proud to person voted pinch President Trump 99.2% of nan clip while he has been successful office. We respect that nan President will return his clip to make a determination and successful nan meantime we are focused connected moving a first rate, winning campaign, arsenic Senator Cornyn ever has."

Fox News Digital besides reached retired to nan White House and to Paxton's run for comment.

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Paxton's wife, Texas authorities Sen. Angela Paxton, a Republican, declared successful societal media posts past week that "after 38 years of marriage" she "filed for divorcement connected biblical grounds."