new video loaded: Why Democrats Think They Can Flip Texas
With Ken Paxton defeating Senator John Cornyn in Texas’ Republican runoff for the Senate, The New York Times’s national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why Democrats may now see their best chance in years to flip the seat.
By Shane Goldmacher, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, June Kim and Rafaela Balster
May 27, 2026
new video loaded: Why Democrats Think They Can Flip Texas
With Ken Paxton defeating Senator John Cornyn in Texas’ Republican runoff for the Senate, The New York Times’s national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why Democrats may now see their best chance in years to flip the seat.
By Shane Goldmacher, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, June Kim and Rafaela Balster
May 27, 2026
