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Texas Drops the Hammer Twice: Middleton Crushes Chip Roy for AG After Paxton Buries Cornyn

Texas Republican voters didn't just send a message on Tuesday night — they sent a registered letter, return receipt requested, to every establishment Republican in America. State Senator Mayes Middleton walloped U.S. Rep. Chip Roy in the GOP attorney general primary runoff, stacking on top of Ken Paxton's demolition of Sen. John Cornyn in the Senate race to complete the most devastating one-night wipeout of establishment-adjacent Republicans in recent memory.

Two races. Two establishment losses. One ballot. Somebody check on the consultant class — they're going to need a group therapy session.

Middleton, a state senator from Galveston and president of an independent oil and gas company, led Roy roughly 56% to 44% on election night. He pumped approximately $17 million of his own money into the race, which critics tried to use against him. Roy himself took a shot at that angle, declaring "MAGA is not something you just buy. My opponent thinks you can buy the brand." Turns out the voters disagreed — they decided Middleton wasn't buying MAGA, he was investing in it.

The central issue in the race was one thing and one thing only: loyalty to President Trump. Middleton hammered Roy relentlessly over past statements criticizing the president, including Roy's comment that Trump engaged in "clearly impeachable conduct" on January 6, 2021. Middleton put it bluntly on the campaign trail: "Chip Roy is someone that has spent a decade fighting the president... what have I done? I've spent 10 years fighting to defeat the left."

Roy tried to play the credentials card. He was, after all, a former first assistant Texas attorney general and a former chief of staff to Sen. Ted Cruz — who endorsed him in the race. Roy argued his courtroom experience made him "ready on day one" and pointed out Middleton had never prosecuted a case. Valid points on paper. Irrelevant at the ballot box.

Because this wasn't about résumés. This was about trust. And when Middleton called his congratulations Tuesday night, Roy posted graciously on social media: "Just a little while ago, I called and congratulated @mayes_middleton for his victory." Credit where it's due — Roy took the loss like a gentleman. But he still took the loss.

Now stack that on top of what happened in the Senate race just hours earlier. Ken Paxton crushed John Cornyn with 63.4% of the vote — a sitting three-term U.S. Senator got pantsed by the state attorney general who'd been impeached and acquitted. Cornyn had to concede on election night. President Trump had endorsed Paxton just the week before, and the base followed.

Two major races, two Trump-loyalty litmus tests, two establishment Republicans shown the exit. That's not a coincidence. That's a pattern. The Texas GOP base is telling Washington Republicans something very simple: fall in line or get out.

Middleton will now face Democrat Nathan Johnson, a state senator from Dallas, in the November general election. In Texas. As a Republican. So that race is about as suspenseful as a Harlem Globetrotters game.

As Conservative Review reported, the night amounted to a full MAGA sweep across the Texas ballot. The consultant class can spin it however they want. The voters already spoke — twice, on the same night, in language even Washington can understand.

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