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帕克斯顿接下来将在对决中面对民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科，这场竞选可能决定共和党53-47的微弱参议院多数席位优势
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发布于2026年5月26日 美国东部时间晚上9:00
帕克斯顿感谢特朗普，在赢得德克萨斯州共和党初选后将目标对准塔拉里科
在他首次接受福克斯新闻数字频道的胜选采访中，肯·帕克斯顿感谢了特朗普总统的背书，预测康尼恩的支持者“会转而支持我们”，并驳斥了自己被对手资金碾压的担忧：“我不还是赢了竞选吗。”
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得克萨斯州普莱诺—— 唐纳德·特朗普总统和得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿是孤星州这场激烈的共和党参议院初选的赢家，这场初选耗时一年多，成为史上耗资最高的参议院初选。
据美联社报道，仅在一周前获得特朗普背书的帕克斯顿，在周二的决选中击败了长期任职的共和党参议员约翰·康尼恩，赢得共和党提名。
帕克斯顿接下来将在大选中对决州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科——民主党冉冉升起的新星。这场竞选是少数几场可能决定共和党能否保住参议院53-47微弱多数席位的选战之一。塔拉里科在3月初的初选中击败了进步派明星众议员、直言不讳的特朗普批评者贾斯敏·克罗克特，他正试图成为近四十年来首位在得克萨斯州当选参议员的民主党人。
康尼恩在选举结果出炉后对记者表示：“我始终支持共和党候选人，我打算在这次大选中再次这么做。”
特朗普在德克萨斯州高风险参议院对决中展现MAGA影响力
2026年5月26日，得克萨斯州奥斯汀市，得克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·康尼恩在失去连任提名资格后对记者发言，对手是得克萨斯州总检察长约翰·帕克斯顿。（埃迪·西尔/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
帕克斯顿在胜选演讲中向这位参议员及其支持者伸出了橄榄枝。
“我要感谢约翰·康尼恩为这个州所做的服务。约翰将一生大部分时间都奉献给了得克萨斯州民众。多年来他一直勤勉工作，帮助得克萨斯州发展，我非常感激他为孤星州和我们国家所付出的服务精神。”帕克斯顿说道。
在离开舞台后不久接受福克斯新闻数字频道的独家采访时，帕克斯顿表示：“我们需要作为共和党政党团结起来。我认为约翰·康尼恩会参与其中，我认为他的选民也会。”
特朗普在决选竞选的最后几天将康尼恩斥为“极其不忠”，转而支持帕克斯顿——这位特朗普的核心盟友和MATA激进派。在右翼倾向的得克萨斯州举行的这场选票对决，是对特朗普对共和党巨大影响力以及他在共和党提名竞选中背书效力的最新考验。
此次决选是在特朗普清除了印第安纳州初选中反对其推动国会选区重划的五名州参议员三周后举行，在总统帮助罢免路易斯安那州参议员比尔·卡西迪一周半后举行——卡西迪在五年半前的第二次特朗普弹劾审判中投了定罪票——并且是在特朗普助力挫败肯塔基州共和党众议员、直言不讳的特朗普批评者汤姆·马西的连任竞选一周后举行。
在旁观数月后，特朗普于上周二表态支持帕克斯顿。
“肯是真正的MAGA战士，他始终为得克萨斯州挺身而出，在美国参议院也会继续如此，”特朗普上周二在社交媒体帖子中写道。
帕克斯顿指着特朗普对支持者表示：“当华盛顿的所有人都劝他放弃我、放弃得克萨斯州人民时，他没有听从。相反，特朗普总统给了我完整且百分之百的背书。”
2026年5月26日，得克萨斯州普莱诺市，得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在赢得共和党参议院提名后向支持者发表讲话。（福克斯新闻数字频道/阿曼达·马西亚斯）
帕克斯顿在胜选后告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“总统的背书是这个国家最有价值的背书。我很感激能获得它。”
周二晚间，帕克斯顿迅速将火力转向塔拉里科，在演讲中指责“詹姆斯·塔拉里科对我们在这个州和这个国家珍视的一切都构成威胁。他威胁我们的安全与保障。他想要开放边境，甚至说应该在我们南部边境铺欢迎地毯。”
他还对福克斯新闻数字频道表示：“詹姆斯·塔拉里科不属于得克萨斯州。我们不能让他成为得克萨斯州的核心。他适合加利福尼亚，不适合这里。”
展望大选对决，帕克斯顿表示：“我认为我们会努力突出他的真实主张，因为得克萨斯州民众需要了解他的观点，以及他们是否会支持这些观点。民众了解他真实为人的唯一途径，就是让大家知道他说过什么。”
帕克斯顿过去十年间面临一系列丑闻和法律问题。2023年，得克萨斯州众议院投票弹劾帕克斯顿，但最终州参议院宣判他所有指控不成立。
目前帕克斯顿还在处理一场十分棘手的离婚案，他的妻子在去年提交的离婚文件中以“近期发现”为由援引“圣经依据”要求结束婚姻。
塔拉里科的竞选团队在社交媒体上发布了帕克斯顿的入狱照，并指出：“他因投资欺诈面临三项重罪指控。他曾因受贿被自己的幕僚报告给FBI。他因腐败被自己所在的政党弹劾。”
“现在他成为了得克萨斯州美国参议院的共和党候选人。我们将一起阻止他，”塔拉里科的竞选团队誓言。
这两位激烈的竞争者在3月初的初选中从拥挤的候选人阵营中脱颖而出，康尼恩以微弱优势领先帕克斯顿。但由于两人都未获得50%以上的选票，提名竞选进入了加时赛。
特朗普在支持帕克斯顿时表示：“约翰·康尼恩是个好人，我和他合作得很好，但在困难时期他并不支持我。”
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2026年5月22日，得克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂市，得克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·康尼恩在共和党参议院提名决选前几天的一场见面会上发表演讲。（卢克·特拉维桑/福克斯新闻）
针对这位参议员过去对他的批评，特朗普补充道：“在这场历史性的共和党提名竞选乃至总统竞选当中，约翰在支持我的问题上反应非常迟缓。”
康尼恩在决选前一天接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，强调了自己对总统及其议程的支持。
“特朗普总统称我是朋友和好人，我们在他的两届任期内都密切合作，”这位参议员表示。
帕克斯顿则持不同意见，他在过去十二年里因起诉奥巴马和拜登政府而获得了大量全国关注。
“约翰·康尼恩在边境问题上与特朗普作对。你可以回顾大约十年的时间，就会发现他并不支持边境墙，”帕克斯顿在福克斯新闻《周末大型秀》的采访中指责道。
争议不断的共和党参议院初选进入加时赛
2026年5月，在共和党参议院提名决选前一周，得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿获得了唐纳德·特朗普总统的背书。（胡利奥·科尔特斯/美联社照片）
帕克斯顿还辩称，这位参议员“反对总统的连任。他在2024年说过特朗普的时代已经过去，2016年也一样。所以他不是支持特朗普的人。我不知道约翰·康尼恩和我在共和党议题上的分歧会比我们两人之间更大。我们之间有着巨大的分歧。”
康尼恩予以反驳。
“我不知道我还能比99.3%的时间更支持他，”这位参议员告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“我希望他能成功，希望美国能成功，希望共和党能成功。但说到底，正如我所说，只有得克萨斯州民众才能做出选择，我认为得克萨斯州人相当独立，”康尼恩补充道。
康尼恩得到了参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩和全国共和党参议员委员会的支持，他反复辩称，如果帕克斯顿成为共和党候选人，该党将不得不花费数百万美元来保住席位不被翻转，而且共和党下议院的候选人也会受到拖累。
“随着他逃脱了所有广为人知的丑闻和不当行为，他变得越来越大胆，但如果他成为候选人并在大选中面对选民，尤其是独立选民，我认为情况会非常艰难，”这位参议员预测道。
特朗普掌控共和党——但共和党会在中期选举中付出代价吗？
2026年3月3日，得克萨斯州奥斯汀市，民主党参议院候选人、众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科在初选之夜向支持者发表讲话。（保罗·施坦豪泽/福克斯新闻）
而在今年头三个月筹款达到惊人的2700万美元的塔拉里科，康尼恩表示：“如果帕克斯顿成为候选人，将会有一股难以置信的民主党资金海啸涌向他。相反……如果我成为候选人……我们基本上可以独自承担这个负担。我上次大选以10个百分点的优势获胜。我认为我可以以类似的优势击败像詹姆斯·塔拉里科这样极端左翼的激进分子。”
在获得特朗普背书后，帕克斯顿将广告转向针对塔拉里科，而康尼恩及其盟友团体则继续抨击帕克斯顿。
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“我认为没有人能诚实地说我们没有努力为这场竞选辩护，”康尼恩在谈到自己的竞选活动时表示。
他坚定地表示，自己“为在得克萨斯州乃至美国参议院建设共和党付出了太长时间、太多努力，让得克萨斯州成为全国羡慕的对象，在机会和追求美国梦方面，我不能就这样放手，白白浪费，不战而败。”
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MAGA triumph: Trump ally Ken Paxton defeats John Cornyn in bitter Texas GOP primary war
2026-05-26T21:00:50-04:00 / Fox News
Paxton now faces Democrat James Talarico in a race that could decide the GOP’s slim 53-47 Senate majority
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Published May 26, 2026 9:00pm EDT
Paxton thanks Trump, targets Talarico after Texas GOP primary win
In his first post-victory interview with Fox News Digital, Ken Paxton thanked President Trump for his endorsement, predicted Cornyn supporters “will come around,” and dismissed concerns about being outspent: “Here I am still winning races.”
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PLANO, TX –President Donald Trump and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are the winners in the Lone Star State’s bitter Republican Senate primary battle, which has spanned for more than a year and became the most expensive Senate primary in history.
Paxton, who was endorsed by Trump just one week ago, defeated longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday’s runoff election for the Republican nomination, the Associated Press reports.
Paxton now faces off against state Rep. James Talarico — a rising star in the Democratic Party — in the general election in a race that is among a handful that may decide if the Republicans hold their slim 53-47 majority in the Senate. Talarico, who topped progressive star Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a vocal Trump critic, in the March primary, is trying to become the first Democrat in nearly four decades to win a Senate election in Texas.
Cornyn, speaking to reporters after the race was called, said, “I’ve always supported the Republican ticket, and I intend to do so again in this general election.”
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Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas speaks to reporters after losing his bid for renomination to Texas Attorney General John Paxton, in Austin, Texas on May 26, 2026.(Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Paxton, in his victory speech, delivered an olive branch to the senator and his supporters.
“I want to thank John Cornyn for his service to this state. John has dedicated much of his life to serving Texans. He’s worked diligently for years to help Texas and for that spirit of service to the Lone Star State and our nation, I’m very grateful,” Paxton said.
And Paxton, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital moments after he left the stage, said, “We need to come together as a Republican Party. I think John Cornyn will be a part of that. I think his voters will be too.”
Trump targeted Cornyn as “VERY disloyal” as he backed Paxton, a major Trump ally and MAGA firebrand, in the final days of the runoff campaign. The ballot-box showdown in right-leaning Texas served as the latest test of Trump’s immense grip over the Republican Party and the strength of his endorsements in GOP nomination races.
The runoff election was held three weeks after Trump’s purging of five state senators in Indiana’s primary who had opposed his push for congressional redistricting, a week and a half after the president helped to oust Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana — who, five and a half years ago, voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial — and one week after Trump was instrumental in sending vocal GOP critic Rep. Tom Massie of Kentucky down to defeat in his re-election bid.
After sitting on the sidelines for months, Trump last Tuesday backed Paxton.
“Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote in a social media post last Tuesday.
Paxton, pointing to Trump, told supporters that “when everyone in Washington told him to abandon me and abandon the people of Texas, he didn’t listen. Instead, President Trump gave me his complete and total endorsement.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to supporters after winning the Republican Senate nomination, in Plano, Texas on May 26, 2026.(Fox News Digital/Amanda Macias)
And Paxton told Fox News Digital after his victory that “the president’s endorsement is the most valuable endorsement in this country. I’m grateful to have it.”
Paxton on Tuesday night quickly turned his fire on Talarico, charging in his speech that “James Talarico is a threat to everything we hold dear in this state and in this country. He’s a threat to our security and our safety. He wants open borders and even said a welcome mat should be at our southern border.”
And he told Fox News Digital that “James Talarico doesn’t belong in Texas. We cannot let him be the center of the state of Texas. He fits in California, he does not fit here.”
Looking to the general election showdown, Paxton said, “I think we’re going to try to highlight what he actually believes, because the people of Texas need to know what his views are, and whether they are going to support those views. The only way where they can know what he’s really about is to let people know what he said.”
Paxton has faced a slew of scandals and legal problems that have battered him over the past decade. In 2023, the Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach Paxton, but he was eventually acquitted of all charges by the state Senate.
And Paxton is dealing with a very messy divorce, with his wife citing “biblical grounds” based on “recent discoveries” in filing last year to end their marriage.
Talarico’s campaign, posting a mug shot of Paxton on social media, noted: “He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption.”
“Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him,” the Talarico campaign vowed.
The two heated rivals topped a crowded field of contenders in the early March primary, with Cornyn edging Paxton. But since neither cleared the 50% threshold, the nomination race headed into overtime.
Trump, in backing Paxton, said that “John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough.”
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Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, center, campaigns at a meet and greet in Corpus Christi, Texas, on May 22, 2026, days ahead of the runoff election for the GOP Senate nomination.(Luke Travisan/Fox News)
Pointing to the senator’s past criticism of him, Trump added, “John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination, and then, the Presidency.”
Cornyn, in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the runoff, emphasized his support for the president and his agenda.
“President Trump has called me a friend and a good man, and we’ve worked with him closely for both terms of office,” the senator said.
Paxton, who grabbed significant national attention the past dozen years by filing lawsuits against the Obama and Biden administrations, disagreed.
“John Cornyn fought Trump on the border. And you can go back over about a decade and see that he was not for the border wall,” Paxton charged in an interview on Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show.”
CONTENTIOUS REPUBLICAN SENATE PRIMARY IN TEXAS HEADED INTO OVERTIME
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton landed President Donald Trump’s endorsement one week ahead of his runoff election against Republican Sen. John Cornyn for the GOP Senate nomination.(Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Paxton also argued that the senator “fought the president’s re-election. He fought him in 2024, said his time had passed, and he fought him in 2016. So this is not a pro-Trump guy. I don’t know if we could be more different on the Republican issues than John Cornyn and me. So there is a vast difference between the two of us.”
Cornyn pushed back.
“I don’t know how much more with him I could be than 99.3% of the time,” the senator told Fox News Digital.
“I want him to be successful. I want America to be successful, and I want Republicans to be successful. But you know, in the end, as I said, Texans are the only ones going to be able to make a choice, and I think Texans can be pretty independent,” Cornyn added.
Cornyn, who was supported by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, repeatedly argued that if Paxton was the GOP’s nominee, the party would be forced to spend millions of dollars to keep the seat from flipping and that Republicans down-ballot will suffer.
“He’s gotten more and more emboldened as he’s gotten away with all the scandal and mischief that now is very well known, but were he to be the nominee and be exposed to general election voters, especially independents, I think it’s going to be a very rocky time,” the senator predicted.
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Democratic Senate candidate Rep. James Talarico speaks to supporters on primary night in Austin, Texas, on March 3, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
And pointing to Talarico, who hauled in an eye-popping $27 million in fundraising during the first three months of this year, Cornyn said, “There will be an incredible tsunami of Democratic funds coming in against Paxton, were he the nominee. Conversely… if I am the nominee… we’ll be able to shoulder the burden pretty much on our own. I won my last general election by 10 points. I think I can do similarly against somebody who’s as far left and radical as James Talarico.”
While Paxton shifted his ads to target Talarico in the wake of the Trump endorsement, Cornyn and allied groups continued to blast Paxton.
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“I don’t think anybody could honestly argue that we haven’t fought hard to make the case here,” Cornyn said of his campaign.
And he emphatically said he had “worked too long and too hard to help build the Republican Party in Texas, and in the United States Senate, and to keep Texas the envy of the nation when it comes to opportunities and pursuing the American dream, to let that go, to squander it, and let it go without a fight.”
Fox News’ Luke Trevisan and Philp Bodinet contributed to this story
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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