ANALYSIS —After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, there was a narrative that the typical rules about elections were extinct. But Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s recent fate has proved that many of the political laws of gravity still apply.
Last fall, national Republicans were excited that Cornyn had closed the initial gap between himself and state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican primary. But, as I wrote in October for Roll Call, there still should have been plenty of concern around the senator’s reelection prospects.
