Bush is helping fundraise for Republicans, but not the one who defeated his nephew George P. Bush in the 2022 Republican primary for Texas attorney general. John Cornyn, R-Texas held a fundraiser Monday night for Maintain the Majority with the former president as a "special guest," The New York Times reported.
The event did not not include GOP Senate candidate and current Texas AG Ken Paxton, who defeated Cornyn in this year's primary. Maintain the Majority is a PAC that lists Cornyn along with Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska; Jon Husted, R-Ohio, Susan Collins, R-Maine; Michigan Sen.-nominee Mike Rogers, New Hampshire Sen.-nominee John E.
Sununu; Iowa Sen.-nominee Ashley Hinson as joint fund participants, Minnesota Republican Sen.-nominee Michele Tafoya was a late addition to the Monday night event, according to the Times. Notably absent on that list are Paxton, Republican North Carolina Sen.-nominee Mike Collins and Republican North Carolina Sen.-nominee Michael Whatley, a trio of Senate candidates closely tied to Trump's political orbit. TRUMP FLEXES HIS POLITICAL MUSCLE OVER GOP AS DEMOCRATS SEE MIDTERM OPENING IN KEY RED STATE Bush and Cornyn have long had a complicated relationship with President Donald Trump and his favored candidates like Paxton.
Karl Rove, a former senior presidential advisor to Bush, recently declared he would vote for a Texas Democrat, too. THUNE-ALIGNED GROUPS UNLEASH HISTORIC WAR CHEST TO DEFEND SENATE MAJORITY: 'WINNING MESSAGE' "Early voting in Texas starts Monday, October 19, 2026 (28 days from today, September 21)," a Cornyn X post on Monday morning read, notably leaving out a mention of Paxton. "It runs through Friday, October 30.
The 2026 midterms (Election Day) are Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 43 days from today." While the PAC funds might not be including Paxton, Trump's own midterm campaign war chest at MAGA Inc. – now under the watchful eye of former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt – has more than $415 million cash on hand, according to the latest FEC filing reported Sunday. Michigan, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, and Alaska are all rated toss-ups in the latest Fox News Power Rankings in the race to hold the Republican's slim 53-47 Senate majority. Democrats are looking at flipping seats against Collins, Husted, Sullivan, Hinson in Iowa, Whatley in North Carolina and Paxton in Texas.
Republicans are eyeing potential pickups in Michigan, New Hampshire and Georgia. REPUBLICAN CAVALRY ARRIVES FOR KEN PAXTON AS BIG-BUCKS TEXAS OFFENSIVE OPENS CASH FLOODGATES While midterms are historically unfavorable to the political party seated in the White House, Republicans holding the Senate could help tamp down Democrat momentum in Trump's final two years in office if the slim 218-214 Republican House majority is lost. While Cornyn's establishment Republican coffers might not be made available to the man who ousted him in the primary, Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters has been confident that Texas' Senate seat will remain in the GOP's hands.
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