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Good morning. I'm Robert O'Shaughnessy, filling in for Jake and Dana, and this is The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It is Wednesday, May 27, 26th. Here are the stories we're following today. Number one, Cornyn loses as Paxton takes center stage.

Number two, what the NDAA says about defense hawks and number three,

Iowa's GOP Congressional Hopefuls stick with Trump.

Leading off Punch Bowl News this morning, we're going to kick it off with Texas,

where Senator John Cornyn's 24-year Senate career is over at the hands of a vengeful president and an unhappy base.

With President Donald Trump backing Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General won the runoff by a 28-point margin.

We've come a long way from 18 months ago, where Cornyn was just a few votes shy of becoming the Senate Republican leader. With Cornyn's defeat, the Senate GOP conference loses a reliable conservative able to cut

deals with Democrats on major issues, including gun safety and semiconductor chip manufacturing.

Senate Republicans also lose access to Cornyn's vast fundraising network in a state filled with wealthy Republican donors.

Cornyn has raised more than $400 million for Senate Republicans since 2002.

Now, Ken Paxton faces James Tala Rico in the general election.

Republicans will have to spend a lot of money to boost

Paxton, whom they trashed in the primary. The only Senate GOP leader to address the Texas results so

far was Majority Whip John Barrasso, who endorsed Paxon Tuesday evening. Barrasso declared

Talarico as too radical for Texas. A phrase you're going to hear quite a lot

between now and Election Day. And now turning to the Democrats, Tuesday brought the first two

Democratic incumbent losses this cycle. In Houston, Representative Al Green lost to Representative

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