发布时间：2026年2月27日，美国东部时间上午11:43 / 来源：美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：[凯文·利普塔克]
3小时前
得州科珀斯克里斯蒂 —
周五，当美国总统唐纳德·特朗普抵达这里的深水港，就其能源政策发表讲话时，三位正为争夺得州参议院席位展开激烈角逐的共和党人，寄望他能带来意外惊喜：一份背书。
迄今为止，特朗普尚未明确支持这场竞争激烈的得州参议院共和党初选的任何候选人（该初选将于周二结束）。总统并未透露他计划在周五下午的活动中给予这一备受觊觎的“奖品”，且曾表示他对三位候选人都颇为欣赏。
但这并未阻止这些共和党人——现任参议员约翰·科宁、得州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿和美国众议员韦斯利·亨特——在竞选的最后几天匆匆赶往科珀斯克里斯蒂，与总统会面，希望他能以改变选情的方式表态支持。毕竟，特朗普向来擅长在最后时刻制造戏剧性场面。
这些人匆忙调整竞选日程，凸显出这场竞选已高度聚焦于特朗普，以及每位候选人与其“亲近程度”的竞争。
寻求第五个任期的建制派保守派科宁，将与特朗普一同乘坐空军一号前往。他已投放电视广告，宣传自己对总统议程的支持——尽管两人关系有时略显冷淡。科宁在2020年大选后，最初对特朗普的竞选回归持怀疑态度。
与此同时，帕克斯顿在特朗普败选后，曾带头推动推翻选举结果的法律行动，这为他在总统核心圈子中赢得了一些好感。他获得了“转折点行动”（Turning Point Action）的背书，该组织是由已故政治活动家查理·柯克创立的有影响力的保守派非营利组织，而柯克与特朗普政府关系密切。
然而，帕克斯顿一直饱受伦理问题困扰，包括其妻子、州参议员安吉拉·帕克斯顿提出的通奸指控（她是他长期的政治顾问）。本周，科宁发布了一则严厉抨击广告，利用了其中一些指控。
一些资深共和党人担心，如果帕克斯顿赢得初选，他的政治、法律和个人包袱可能会让参议院席位陷入危局——并多次向特朗普表达了这一担忧。一些高层共和党人甚至认为，若帕克斯顿成为提名人，共和党可能要花费2亿美元来捍卫该席位。
亨特是特朗普竞选回归的早期支持者，并在2024年共和党全国代表大会上发表了黄金时段演讲。但民调显示他落后于其他两位候选人，后者在得州的知名度更高。
缺乏明确的胜利者以及忠诚记录的模糊，导致特朗普罕见地陷入政治表态的犹豫。他声称自己与三人都是朋友。
“事实上，我喜欢他们所有人，”他本月早些时候告诉记者，“这些都是最艰难的竞选。他们都支持过我。他们都很不错。但你得选一个，所以我们拭目以待。不过，我支持他们所有人。”
而特朗普拒绝在此次竞选中背书，可能会给他的政党带来更多痛苦和不确定性。如果没有候选人获得50%以上的支持率，那么5月底将由得票前两名的候选人进行决选。这意味着竞选将消耗更多宝贵资源，而共和党在秋季大选前将难以承受。
阿莱特·萨恩斯 对本文亦有贡献。
Senate GOP candidates pray for an endorsement as they join Trump in Texas
Published Feb 27, 2026, 11:43 AM ET / Source: CNN
By
[Kevin Liptak]
3 hr ago
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—
When President Donald Trump arrives at the deepwater port here Friday to talk about his energy agenda, the three Republicans locked in a bitter battle for Texas’ Senate seat hope he has a surprise up his sleeve: an endorsement.
Trump has so far declined to back a candidate in the hotly contested Texas Senate Republican primary, which culminates Tuesday. The president has given no indication he plans to offer the coveted prize during his event on Friday afternoon and has said he likes all three candidates.
But that didn’t stop those Republicans — incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and US Rep. Wesley Hunt — from racing to Corpus Christi in the final days of the contest to join the president, hopeful he may tip his hat in race-altering fashion. Trump, after all, has a flare for last-minute drama.
The hasty reshuffling of the men’s campaign schedules underscores how much the race has become centered on Trump, and each candidate’s perceived proximity to him.
Cornyn, an establishment conservative seeking a fifth term, will fly on Air Force One with Trump Friday. The incumbent has aired television ads broadcasting his support for the president’s agenda — looking to project total alignment with Trump, despite their sometimes cool relationship. Cornyn was initially skeptical of Trump’s comeback bid after the 2020 election.
Paxton, meanwhile, helped lead legal efforts to overturn the results of that contest after Trump lost, engendering goodwill in some corners of the president’s orbit. He earned the endorsement of Turning Point Action, an affiliate of the influential conservative non-profit Turning Point USA founded by the late political activist Charlie Kirk, who had close ties to the Trump administration.
But Paxton has been plagued by ethics questions, including adultery accusations levied by his wife Angela Paxton, a state senator and longtime political adviser. Cornyn released a scathing attack ad seizing on some of the allegations this week.
Some top Republicans worry Paxton’s political, legal and personal baggage could put the Senate seat in jeopardy if he wins the primary — and have repeatedly voiced those concerns to Trump. Some senior Republicans fear it could cost the party $200 million to defend the seat if Paxton emerges as the nominee.
Hunt was an early backer of Trump’s comeback bid and delivered a prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention in 2024. But polls show him trailing the other two candidates, who have higher name recognition in Texas.
The lack of a clear winner and blurred record of loyalty has led to a rare bout of political indecisiveness for Trump, who says he’s friends with all three.
“I like all three of them, actually,” he told reporters earlier this month. “Those are the toughest races. They’ve all supported me. They’re all good. You’re supposed to pick one, so we’ll see what happens. But I support all three.”
And Trump’s refusal to endorse in the race could contribute to further pain and uncertainty for his party. If no candidateclears the 50% benchmark, then it would head to a late May runoff between the top two finishers. That means drawing down more valuable resources that the GOP won’t have for the fall campaign.
Arlette Saenz contributed to this report.
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