{"id":10667,"date":"2025-06-26T12:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/cornyn-trounced-by-paxton-in-another-poll\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:04:04","slug":"cornyn-trounced-by-paxton-in-another-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/cornyn-trounced-by-paxton-in-another-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornyn trounced by Paxton in another poll"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s getting late early for John Cornyn.<\/p>\n

Yet another poll shows the four-term incumbent lagging well behind his hard-right challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in next year\u2019s primary.<\/p>\n

The poll<\/a>, conducted on behalf of a Paxton-allied super PAC, shows the Texas attorney general with a commanding 19-point lead over the incumbent \u2014 57 to 38 percent \u2014 in a head-to-head matchup of Texas Republican primary voters.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the latest data point<\/a>for national Republicans who see Cornyn flailing with primary voters but worry about the general election prospects<\/a>for Paxton, who has faced both indictment and impeachment.<\/p>\n

The race has increasingly become a topic of worry in Republican circles as operatives dread the prospect of an ugly, expensive primary that could potentially provide an opening for Democrats in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n

Perhaps most remarkable, the poll shows Paxton with higher name ID than Cornyn, who has long been a national figure on Capitol Hill. Eighty-nine percent of primary voters have an opinion of Paxton and 84% of Cornyn. Both are viewed positively by the electorate but Paxton is far more well-liked. His net favorable-unfavorable ratio is 70 to 18 percent, while Cornyn\u2019s is 53 to 30 percent.<\/p>\n

The poll continues a trend of Paxton being beloved by voters who identify as Trump Republicans. He has a 44-point lead with that demographic, while Paxton lags Cornyn by 15 points among those who identify as Reagan Republicans.<\/p>\n

The entrance of Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) into the race \u2014he is considering a run \u2014 would make little difference, according to the poll. The two-term congressman from Houston draws equally from both candidates and would finish a distant third.<\/p>\n

The poll was conducted by Pulse Research from June 17-22 among 806 Republican primary voters. Texas\u2019 primary will be held on March 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s getting late early for John Cornyn. Yet another poll shows the four-term incumbent lagging well behind his hard-right challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in next year\u2019s primary. The poll, conducted on behalf of a Paxton-allied super PAC, shows the Texas attorney general with a commanding 19-point lead over the incumbent \u2014 57 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}