Trump says he's going to be making an endorsement in Texas GOP U.S. Senate race

Incumbent John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton advanced to a May 26 runoff for the nomination.

President Donald Trump says he's going to be making an announcement Tuesday afternoon in the contest between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn or state Attorney General Ken Paxton, saying, “And I hope you find it good.”

Trump didn’t say who he would endorse but said, “I’ve pretty much always known who I was going to endorse.”

Earlier this year, Trump said he would soon endorse a Republican candidate in the Texas Senate race, warning that the divisive contest “cannot, for the good of the Party, and our Country, itself, be allowed to go on any longer.”

“IT MUST STOP NOW!” Trump wrote on social media after four-term Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton advanced in March to a May 26 runoff for the nomination. “I will be making my Endorsement soon, and will be asking the candidate that I don’t Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE! Is that fair? We must win in November!!!”

The Senate contest is playing out as the Republican president fights to maintain control of Congress for his final two years in the White House. While Republicans are more confident about keeping their majority in the Senate than in the House, a competitive race in Texas could scramble the map or at least consume resources that the party needs in more competitive states such as North Carolina, Maine, Ohio and Alaska.