Betray the Second Amendment, and you will be held accountable.
Texas Gun Rights PAC-backed candidates scored major victories up and down the ballot, including in some of the most closely watched races in the state.
At the top of the ticket, Ken Paxton defeated U.S. Senator John Cornyn in the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate — a political earthquake years in the making.
For years, Texas Gun Rights led the charge exposing Cornyn’s betrayals of gun owners, including his support for Fix-NICS and his role in helping Joe Biden pass the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most significant federal gun control legislation in decades.
Cornyn and the D.C. establishment hoped gun owners would forget.
They didn’t.
Texas Gun Rights ensured Cornyn could not evade scrutiny of his record by sending more than 500,000 pieces of mail, tens of thousands of text messages, and over 1,000,000 emails to Texas gun owners exposing his betrayals and reminding them exactly where he stood.
And Texas Gun Rights PAC endorsed Ken Paxton early on — a full year before President Trump — and grassroots gun owners delivered.
Texas Gun Rights PAC-Backed Candidates Win Across the Ballot
The victories did not stop at the U.S. Senate race.
Texas Gun Rights PAC-endorsed candidates won in major statewide, legislative, judicial, and county-level races, proving once again that the Second Amendment remains one of the most powerful issues in Texas politics.
Texas Gun Rights PAC-backed winners included:
Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate
Bo French for Railroad Commissioner
Tom Smith for Court of Criminal Appeals
Stan Stanart for House District 126
James Chandler for 75th District Court Judge
John Tynan for Fannin County Judge
Ricky Gleason for Kendall County Judge
Andra Wisian for Kendall County Commissioner, Precinct 2
Kirk Hanath for Washington County Judge
These wins show that gun owners are not merely spectators in Texas elections.
They are organized.
They are informed.
And when candidates stand boldly for the Second Amendment, Texas gun owners are ready to stand with them.
A Huge Loss for the Second Amendment Community
Not every race went the way gun owners had hoped.
In the Attorney General runoff, Texas Gun Rights PAC endorsed Congressman Chip Roy — one of the most outspoken, unapologetic fighters for the Second Amendment in America.
Roy has never been afraid to take the heat, challenge the establishment, and defend gun owners without compromise.
But a barrage of false and misleading campaign attacks proved too much for Chip to overcome.
Mayes Middleton ultimately prevailed in the race. Middleton was good for gun owners during his time in the Texas Legislature, and the organization believes he can be a strong ally for the Second Amendment as Attorney General.
But there is no sugarcoating it:
Losing Chip Roy from this fight is a major loss for gun owners in Texas and across the country.
Briscoe Cain’s Loss in CD 9
Texas gun owners also suffered another painful loss in Congressional District 9, where Texas Gun Rights PAC endorsed Briscoe Cain.
Cain has proven himself a Second Amendment champion in Austin as an early fighter for Constitutional Carry and the architect of the law banning “red flag” style gun laws in Texas.
His opponent, Alex Mealer, refused to return a Texas Gun Rights candidate survey or take a clear public stance on the Second Amendment.
But after receiving President Trump’s endorsement, Mealer was able to overcome Cain’s proven record and win the runoff.
That result is deeply disappointing for gun owners who know Cain’s record and understand what his voice has meant in the fight to defend liberty.
Briscoe Cain will be severely missed in Austin and in the broader Second Amendment fight.
Gun Owners Are Not Done Fighting
Overall, the runoff results were a strong night for Texas Gun Rights PAC and for the gun owners who made their voices heard.
But no one should mistake these victories for the end of the fight.
The gun confiscation lobby is already regrouping for November.
At the top of the Democrat ticket, Texas faces James Talarico — the most radical, far-left gun grabber ever to seek statewide office in Texas.
“James Talarico is so extreme, he makes Beto look pro-gun,” said Chris McNutt, President of Texas Gun Rights. “He’s not running to defend Texas values, he’s running to import the national gun confiscation agenda straight into our state.”
Talarico represents the national gun ban agenda that has already taken hold in blue states across the country: red flag laws, firearms registries, gun bans, and more government control over the right to keep and bear arms.
McNutt said Texas Gun Rights is working to expose that agenda, educate gun owners, and keep the Second Amendment front and center in races up and down the ballot.
Runoff night proved once again that when gun owners are informed, organized, and mobilized, they can change the course of Texas politics.
The message to every politician is simple: stand with gun owners, or be prepared to answer to them.
Chip in today to help Texas Gun Rights mobilize gun owners and EXPOSE gun grabbers before November.
