Paxton Up 9 Over Cornyn

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Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog

This is some pretty freaking big news.

    Attorney General Ken Paxton continues to lead Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in polling for the 2026 U.S. Senate race, according to a new survey released on Wednesday.

    The poll conducted by the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University puts Paxton up 43 percent to Cornyn’s 34 percent in a head-to-head matchup among likely GOP primary voters.

The poll surveyed 1,200 registered voters, which is a pretty decent sample size this far out. The demographics of the poll (page 3) slightly oversamples women but otherwise isn’t too far out of line, and that mild oversample shouldn’t skew things Paxton’s way.

    The race is already one of the most anticipated across the country with tens of millions of dollars expected to be spent just in the primary.

    If Congressman Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38) — who is flirting with a run himself and is already running personal ads across the state — is thrown into the mix, Paxton polls at 34 percent to Cornyn’s 27 percent and Hunt’s 15 percent. Hunt is behind Paxton head-to-head by 30 points, while he’s only 8 points behind Cornyn.

More: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=64964

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Cornyn: Paxton allegations ‘just the tip of the iceberg’

by Caroline Vakil - 05/30/25 11:03 AM ET

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in an interview published Friday suggested the allegations that fueled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) impeachment inquiry — which ultimately failed — were “just the tip of the iceberg.”

Speaking to The New York Times, Cornyn placed emphasis on the importance of character as he vies for reelection next year in the Senate GOP primary against Paxton.

“I’m willing to bet my career and my future and this job on my belief that character does matter still,” Cornyn said, suggesting Paxton believed instead “that he can get away with a whole litany of misbehavior and corruption that should disqualify him from the job.”

Paxton was acquitted in the Texas state Legislature’s impeachment inquiry in September 2023, which alleged he had “used, misused, or failed to use his official powers in a manner calculated to subvert the lawful operation of the government of the State of Texas and obstruct the fair and impartial administration of justice.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5325676-cornyn-paxton-divisions-texas-primary/