{"id":177479,"date":"2026-02-24T04:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177479\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:29:14","slug":"trump-to-visit-texas-as-senate-primary-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177479\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to visit Texas as Senate primary looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is heading to Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday for an energy- and economy-focused speech just days before the state\u2019s Republican Senate primary. But the three leading candidates fighting for the nomination haven\u2019t been invited to join him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump has withheld his support in the pricey three-way race between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just haven\u2019t made a decision on that race yet. It\u2019s got a ways to go, and I haven\u2019t,\u201d Trump said last week when asked about a possible endorsement in the race. \u201cI like all three of them, actually. Those are the toughest races. They\u2019ve all supported me. They\u2019re all good. You\u2019re supposed to pick one, so we\u2019ll see what happens. But I support all three.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Senate candidates not receiving invitations, Texas Gov. 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