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GOP Donors Fret Over Texas Primary

February 11, 2026 at 9:52 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The hundreds of donors gathered in Palm Beach, Florida, for the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm retreat on Saturday heard President Donald Trump’s political team outline how they plan to win the midterms,” Politico reports.

“While no one at the Breakers resort publicly complained about Trump’s refusal to endorse Sen. John Cornyn, privately donors are furious, discussing over cocktail hour a looming and seemingly avoidable debacle.”

One of those donors said an off-cycle election “was always going to be complicated, but this three-way primary is a self-inflicted wound.”

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