From the Daily Caller: Three months before Texas voters head to the 2026 primary polls, Republican Sen. John Cornyn has carved out a slight lead in the Lone Star State’s brutal GOP primary, according to new polling.
The survey, commissioned by pro-Cornyn super PAC Texans for a Conservative Majority, finds 35% of likely Republican primary voters back Cornyn, while 33% support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, 18% back Rep. Wesley Hunt and 14% are undecided. Cornyn showed positive movement over Paxton since October, with Hunt trailing behind the 23-year incumbent by double digits, according to a polling memo obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Although Hunt’s Oct. 6 entry into the contest threatened to shake up the Senate battle between Cornyn and Paxton, the two-term House lawmaker continues to lag behind the duo.
“The data is clear, this continues to be a two-man race and Texans aren’t buying Wesley Hunt’s bullshit,” Texans for a Conservative Majority Executive Director Aaron Whitehead said in a statement. “Anyone who says differently is either lying or needs to go to campaign school.”
Both Hunt and Paxton are giving up the chance to run for re-election for their current positions, on the hope of ousting Cornyn.
However, Hunt’s late entry to the race may be the spoiler that allows Cornyn to at least come out ahead in the GOP primary.
The Daily Caller further explains: If the election was held today, no candidate would win a majority of the vote in the March 3 primary, according to the recent polling on the race. As a result, the top two vote-getters would then have to compete in a May 26 runoff election, prolonging the increasingly bitter contest in some of the most expensive media markets in the country.
Groups supporting Cornyn and Hunt have been running a slew of negative ads across Texas. The report notes that Paxton’s campaign has largely avoided the ads, as polls show he could secure a win over Cornyn in an expected runoff election.
Meanwhile, Cornyn has pinned an old photo of himself and president Trump to the top of his X page. The photo is from October 2024, and Trump has not made an endorsement at all in the 2026 race.
Texas Poll | Peak Insights – 11/20-25 (LV)
– A push poll by Pro Cornyn Group?
Senate Republican Primary:
John Cornyn – 35%
Ken Paxton – 33%
Wesley Hunt – 18%
Not sure – 14%https://t.co/RdZAFvL4ne— MAGA Polling (@magapolling) December 1, 2025
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