Paxton's 5-point lead over Cornyn holds in a hypothetical three-way primary race with Rep. Wesley Hunt, who has been considering a run. The Texas attorney general is at 35%, compared to the incumbent senator at 30%, and Hunt at 22%, with another 13% unsure.

Every previous public poll had shown the attorney general with a considerable lead over Texas’ incumbent senator.

Some Republican operatives hope Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) is the candidate who could keep a Texas Senate seat red in the 2026 midterm elections, as Sen.

U.S. Sen John Cornyn’s political fortune shifted after challenger Ken Paxton’s marriage troubles became public, but the 2026 primary is far from settled.

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss how the Democratic Party is hemorrhaging registered voters, the increasingly competitive Senate race in Texas, a poll showing D.C. residents strongly oppose Trump's takeover of the city police, and...

A new survey from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University sheds light on where Texas voters stand as the 2026 U.S. Senate primaries approach. The poll,

The survey also showed former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, not yet a declared candidate, leading former Congressman Colin Allred by double digits in a hypothetical Democratic primary matchup.

The annual summer break is a critical window for Texas’ senior senator, whose allies are blitzing the airwaves with ads courting primary voters — and President Donald Trump.

Attorney General Ken Paxton and El Paso Democrat Beto O’Rourke, locked in a Tarrant County court dispute, now lead the races for their parties’ U.S. Senate nominations, according to a new poll released Aug. 18 by Texas Southern University.

Republican State Senator Pete Flores looks over redistricting maps as the Republicans attempt to pass a bill that would redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin,