John Thune breaks the ice with Ken Paxton

Senate Majority Leader John Thune had a productive phone call with https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/texas-primary-paxton-cornyn-takeaways" target="_blank">Ken Paxton on Wednesday after the Texas attorney general's decisive primary victory over Sen. John Cornyn, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Why it matters: Thune (R-S.D.) and the entire GOP establishment are starting to make amends with a candidate they https://www.axios.com/2025/04/10/cornyn-paxton-texas-senate-trump-endorsement" target="_blank">spent heavily to defeat.