Is Cornyn’s seat safe? | Opinion
By 2026, he could become the longest-serving Texas Republican in the Senate or a casualty of the GOP’s right flank.
The congressman from Amarillo provides a sharp contrast with his thoughtful predecessor, Republican Mac Thornberry, who chaired the House Armed Services Committee. Politically, he more resembles Cornyn’s 2014 primary challenger, former Rep. Steve Stockman, who lost by 20 points. Stockman also ended up in jail for spending a charity’s funds for political and personal uses.
The senator’s situation reminded me of something one of his top advisers told me when he was first elected to succeed Phil Gramm in 2002. Don’t be surprised if Cornyn has a very conservative voting record in the Senate, the late David Beckwith said, correctly contending the only political danger he’d ever face in Texas would come from being considered insufficiently conservative.
At last June’s state GOP convention, some delegates booed Cornyn when he sought to explain the limits of his plan expanding “red flag” laws restricting gun ownership by persons considered potential threats and reiterated his opposition to more sweeping measures of liberal gun control advocates.
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