John Cornyn, a US senator, after voting at the Circle C community center and Ken Paxton, Texas’ attorney general, during the Conservative Political Action Conference (Cpac) on 27 March 2026.Composite: The Austin American-Statesman, Bloomberg, Getty Images (Composite: The Austin American-Statesman, Bloomberg, Getty Images) In the bitter and expensive US Senate runoff between John Cornyn, the incumbent, and Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, the state’s Muslim community has been a frequent...