2026年3月2日美国东部时间上午5:00 今日美国东部时间5:00 / 《华盛顿邮报》
这位四届参议员决心在周二击败两位挑战者，他们视他为乔治·W·布什时代的”遗迹”。这场选举可能会延续到5月进行决胜投票。
参议员约翰·科宁（R-得克萨斯州）于3月25日在美国国会大厦。（马安西·斯里瓦斯塔瓦/《华盛顿邮报》拍摄）
作者：马修·崔、西奥多里克·迈耶和莫莉·亨尼西-菲斯克
沃思堡讯 — 就在一年前，参议员约翰·科宁（R-得克萨斯州）险些成为参议院最有权势的共和党人。作为参议员米奇·麦康奈尔（肯塔基州）担任多数党领袖时的前副手，科宁在参议院20多年的职业生涯中树立了”坚定保守派”的声誉——他既能与民主党人妥协，又能筹集巨额竞选资金，还是共和党接管如今美国最大”红州”的关键设计者。在三次连任竞选中，他均击败了所有主要挑战者。
Why John Cornyn, a Senate GOP stalwart, could lose his Texas primary
March 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EST Today at 5:00 a.m. EST / The Washington Post
The four-term senator is determined to prevail Tuesday against two challengers who view him as a relic of the George W. Bush era. The race could go to a runoff in May.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) at the U.S. Capitol on March 25. (Maansi Srivastava/For The Washington Post)
By Matthew Choi
,
Theodoric Meyer
and
Molly Hennessy-Fiske
FORT WORTH — Barely a year ago, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)came close to becoming the Senate’s most powerful Republican. A former top lieutenant to Sen. Mitch McConnell while the Kentuckian was majority leader, Cornyn has built a reputation over more than two decades in the Senate as a staunch conservative who could still compromise with Democrats, an enormously prolific fundraiser and an architect of the Republican takeover of what is now the country’s biggest red state. He demolished every primary challenger he faced in three reelection races.
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