得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿将在竞争激烈的得克萨斯州共和党初选中对阵资深参议员约翰·科宁，提前投票已正式开始
作者：亚历克斯·米勒、伊丽莎白·埃尔金德
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发布时间：2026年2月25日 美国东部时间下午3:57
得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他”完全不介意”没有总统唐纳德·特朗普的背书，并且表示现在是时候取代来自得克萨斯州的共和党参议员约翰·科宁了。
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得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿表示，即使没有总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持，他也能在共和党参议院初选中获胜。
“他会做出自己的决定，”帕克斯顿告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，”我现在状态很好。无论如何我们都会赢得这场选举。我对目前的情况很满意，下周二你们就会看到我们会脱颖而出。”
帕克斯顿是应得克萨斯州共和党众议员特洛伊·内尔斯的邀请出席特朗普国情咨文演讲的，他是试图击败寻求第五个任期的资深共和党参议员约翰·科宁的七名挑战者之一。
（图片说明：得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿相信自己能在竞争激烈的得克萨斯州共和党参议院初选中击败约翰·科宁，即使没有唐纳德·特朗普的支持。[图片来源：Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images和Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images]）
孤星之州的提前投票已经开始，初选投票日为3月3日。
帕克斯顿承认，尽管没有总统令人垂涎的支持，但在候选人众多的情况下直接获胜会很困难，除非进入决选，但这并非不可能。
“直接获胜很难，但你知道，一切皆有可能，”帕克斯顿说，”如果有人能做到，那就是我。”
大部分关注都集中在帕克斯顿、科宁和得克萨斯州共和党众议员韦斯利·亨特之间的三方竞争上——这场混战特朗普选择保持距离。他上周告诉记者，他支持这三个人。
（图片说明：2026年2月24日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦众议院会议厅发表国情咨文演讲。[图片来源：Nathan Howard/Reuters]）
科宁是帕克斯顿在众多候选人中最主要的目标。两人在竞选活动中及广告宣传里互相攻讦，投入数百万资金试图击败对方。
当被问及科宁对他的攻击时，帕克斯顿说：”他不是个有礼貌的人。”
帕克斯顿指责这位议员在参议院24年任期内毫无作为，并将其称为”假约翰·科宁”，指责他在竞选时向选民承诺一套，在任时却做另一套。
（图片说明：得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在2024年7月16日威斯康星州密尔沃基市举办的共和党全国代表大会上。[图片来源：Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images]）
“他从我上大学起就在国会山了，而我已经63岁了，”帕克斯顿说，”他在那里待了24年。我不在乎他说什么。他是个欺骗性强、误导性大的人。你知道为什么吗？因为他根本没有任何政绩可以宣传。”
当被问及对手对自己履历的质疑时，科宁质疑帕克斯顿”是不是一直躲在石头底下”。
“我的参议院办公室被公认为参议院中最有效的办公室，这是因为我们为州和国家制定了重要的立法，”科宁告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，”而他竟然不知道这些，这充分说明他的智力或知识水平堪忧。”
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尽管帕克斯顿确信选举结果将在下周揭晓，但科宁认为两人将进入决选。
“5月26日我们就能摆脱他了，”科宁说。
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Ken Paxton believes he’ll crush ‘Fake John Cornyn’ even without a Trump endorsement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces off against longtime Sen. John Cornyn in crowded Texas primary, with early voting underway
By Alex Miller, Elizabeth Elkind
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Published February 25, 2026 3:57pm EST
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Fox News Digital he’s “perfectly fine” without President Trump’s endorsement and said it’s time to replace Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he can win the Republican Senate primary even without President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
“He makes his own decisions,” Paxton told Fox News Digital. “I’m perfectly fine right now. We’re going to win this election either way. And I’m happy with where we’re at, and you’re going to see next Tuesday that we’re going to come out in front.”
Paxton, who was invited by Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, to attend Trump’s State of the Union address, is one of seven challengers vying to unseat longtime Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who is running for a fifth term in the upper chamber.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton believed he could win out against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the crowded Texas GOP Senate primary race, even without President Donald Trump’s endorsement.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images and Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Early voting has already begun in the Lone Star State, and primary election day is March 3.
Even without a coveted nod from the president, Paxton acknowledged that cutting through the densely packed field would be difficult without the race going to a runoff, but not impossible.
“It’s hard to win outright, but you know anything’s possible,” Paxton said. “If anybody’s going to do it, it is going to be me.”
Much of the attention has been paid to the three-way fight between Paxton, Cornyn and Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas — a brawl that Trump has chosen to keep at arm’s length. He told reporters last week that he supports all three.
TEXAS EARLY VOTING BEGINS AHEAD OF CONTENTIOUS MARCH 3 PRIMARY ELECTIONS
President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Nathan Howard/Reuters)
Cornyn is Paxton’s primary target in the crowded field. The two have engaged in a mudslinging back-and-forth on the road and in ads, dumping millions into toppling one another.
When asked about Cornyn’s attacks against him, Paxton said, “He’s not a polite man.”
Paxton accused the lawmaker of being ineffective during his 24-year run in the Senate and dubbed him “Fake John Cornyn,” accusing him of selling voters one thing on the trail and doing another in office.
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Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, during the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024.(Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“He’s been in office since I was in college, and I’m 63,” Paxton said. “And he’s been up here for 24 years. And I don’t care what he says. He’s a deceptive guy, a misleading guy. You know why? Because he doesn’t have a single thing to run on.”
Cornyn wondered if Paxton had “been sleeping under a rock somewhere” when asked about his opponent’s challenges to his record.
“My Senate office is generally recognized as the most effective office in the Senate, and that’s because we produced important legislation to the state, for the state and for the nation,” Cornyn told Fox News Digital. “And the fact he’s unaware of it just does not speak well to his intelligence or his knowledge.”
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Despite Paxton’s confidence that the race would be decided next week, Cornyn believed there would be a runoff between the two.
“We’ll be rid of him after May 26,” Cornyn said.
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