A Cornyn Win in Texas Would Mark Rare Victory for Old Guard GOP

If Sen. John Cornyn survives his steep primary challenge, it will represent an unusual triumph of an old-guard Republican over a MAGA acolyte in a critical race.

Cornyn, a Texas Republican who joined the Senate during the George W. Bush administration, faced sharp attacks as an emblem of the traditional GOP, the one President Donald Trump had purged, and it threatened to end his more than 40-year public career.

But after finishing stronger than many expected in Tuesday’s primary and narrowly topping hard-charging Attorney General Ken Paxton in the first round of voting, Republicans in Washington believe Cornyn has a ...