By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune October 31, 2026 SABINAL — Erik Gomez, one of the youngest mayors in Texas, has modeled his budding career after Republicans like U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a man he admires and wanted to win reelection this year. So the 26-year-old rising Latino leader used every ounce of his modest political capital to help Cornyn defeat Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican primary. A year ago, the Cornyn campaign b…