Gen. Ken Paxton waves to a crowd in Plano, Texas, after winning the Republican Party’s nomination to run for the U.S. Senate in May. And this year, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said “judgment day is coming” as he tried to fend off a Republican primary challenge from Paxton. “Every time a fighter, like President Donald Trump and now Ken Paxton, stands up to the permanent political class, even after they are completely acquitted of wrongdoing, people like James Talarico continue pushing the same accusations and claiming corruption,” Paxton campaign spokesperson Madison Cercy said. Paxton responded by portraying himself as a Trump-era Republican and Bush as the heir to a privileged political legacy. Throughout the years, he’s maintained strong support from Republican voters like David and Nancy Lapp, a retired couple from the small town of Wolfforth.