发布时间：2026年2月9日，美国东部时间下午7:53 / 美国有线电视新闻网
作者：派珀·哈德史密斯·布莱克本
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得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在美国亚利桑那州凤凰城举行的”美国盛会”（Turning Point USA自查理·柯克去世后的首届峰会）上发言，2025年12月20日。
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转折点行动（Turning Point Action）在美国共和党最激烈的初选中支持得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿，力挺这位颇具争议的保守派激进分子，支持他挑战资深参议员约翰·科宁。
帕克斯顿在社交平台X上宣布了这一背书，表示”荣幸”能得到该组织的支持。转折点行动是有影响力的保守派非营利组织”转折点美国”（Turning Point USA）的附属机构，该组织由已故政治活动家查理·柯克创立。
帕克斯顿补充道：”查理·柯克缔造的运动激励了数百万人，我很自豪能与转折点行动并肩作战，继续为拯救这个国家、捍卫我们的自由而奋斗。”
此次背书正值参议院共和党高层施压，要求唐纳德·特朗普总统在得克萨斯州共和党初选尘埃落定前选边站队。科宁、帕克斯顿和众议员韦斯利·亨特下月将展开角逐，这可能导致5月出现代价高昂的决胜轮投票。
休斯顿大学周一发布的民调显示，38%的可能选民支持帕克斯顿，而科宁获得31%支持，亨特为17%，另有12%选民尚未拿定主意。
科宁目前处于第四个任期，在2024年总统大选前曾对特朗普有所批评，多次表达对特朗普竞选能力的担忧。但过去一年，他试图与总统紧密结盟：其竞选启动视频包含特朗普2019年称赞他的片段，还在X平台发布了自己阅读《交易的艺术》的照片。
美国有线电视新闻网本周早些时候报道，资深共和党人担忧，如果丑闻缠身的帕克斯顿成为候选人，捍卫得克萨斯州参议院席位可能至少耗资2亿美元，这将耗尽本可用于其他关键州的竞选资源。民主党人在中期选举中获胜后士气大振，希望乘势夺回参众两院控制权，尽管在参议院获得多数席位的道路极为狭窄。
科宁继续争取特朗普的背书，上周在得克萨斯州深红地区民主党意外胜选后再次接触特朗普。
在接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时，科宁警告称，如果错误的共和党人（即帕克斯顿）进入大选，民主党可能赢得该席位。
当被问及民主党是否有机会翻转参议院席位时，科宁告诉美国有线电视新闻网：”我认为如果共和党提名这位总检察长，他们绝对会（输掉）。至少…我们得花费数亿美元来挽救这个席位，而这些资金本可用于佐治亚州、密歇根州、新罕布什尔州等地。”
与此同时，民主党内部也展开激烈初选，44岁的民权律师众议员贾丝明·克罗克特与36岁的前教师、长老会神学院毕业生州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科正在争夺提名。
美国有线电视新闻网记者曼努·拉朱和莎拉·费里斯对此报道有贡献。
Turning Point Action endorses Ken Paxton in heated GOP Senate primary in Texas
PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2026, 7:53 PM ET / CNN
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the death of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 20, 2025.
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Turning Point Action has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in one of the GOP’s nastiest primary battles, supporting the controversial, conservative firebrand in his bid to unseat longtime Sen. John Cornyn.
Paxton announced the endorsement on X, noting he felt “honored” to be supported by the group, which is an affiliate of Turning Point USA,the influential conservative nonprofit founded by the late political activist Charlie Kirk.
“The movement that Charlie Kirk built has inspired millions, and I’m proud to be standing alongside Turning Point Action in carrying on the fight to save this country and defend our freedoms,” Paxton added.
The endorsement comes as top Senate Republicans have been putting pressure on President Donald Trump to pick a side in the Texas GOP primary before it’s too late: Cornyn, Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt are set to face off in a primary next month, which could lead to a costly runoff in May.
A University of Houston poll released Monday found that 38% of likely voters intend to vote for Paxton – compared to 31% for Cornyn and 17% for Hunt, with 12% unsure.
Cornyn, who is currently in his fourth term in office, has been somewhat critical of Trump and repeatedly shared concerns about Trump’s electability in the leadup to the 2024 presidential race. However, in the past year, he’s tried to align himself closely with the president: His launch video featured footage of Trump praising him in 2019 and he posted a photo on X of him reading “The Art of the Deal.”
CNN reported earlier this week that senior Republicans fear it could cost at least $200 million to defend the seat in Texas if Paxton – who has a history of scandals – is the nominee, draining critical resources that could be spent elsewhere. Democrats have been bolstered by wins in major off-year contests and hope to capitalize on that momentum and retake both Congressional chambers, even if the path to a Democratic majority in the Senate is very narrow.
Cornyn has continued to seek out Trump’s endorsement, and he approached Trump again last week following a Democratic upset in a deep-red slice of Texas.
In an interview with CNN, Cornyn warned that Democrats could win the seat if the wrong Republican — namely Paxton — makes it to the general election.
“I think if Republicans nominate the attorney general, I think they absolutely do,” Cornyn told CNN when asked whether Democrats had a chance of flipping the senate seat. “At minimum … we’d have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to salvage that seat that could be used in places like Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire and elsewhere.”
Meanwhile, Democrats are engaged in a heated primary of their own, with Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a 44-year-old civil rights attorney, and state Rep. James Talarico, a 36-year-old former teacher and Presbyterian seminarian, vying for the nomination.
CNN’s Manu Raju and Sarah Ferris contributed to this report.
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