With the runoff just three weeks away, the Texas Senate GOP race is down to the wire between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX).
A new poll from the University of Houston‘s Hobby School of Public Affairs shows Paxton leading Cornyn by a 3-point margin. Paxton is polling at 48% among voters likely to cast ballots in the GOP runoff election on May 26, while Cornyn is polling at 45%. The poll is within margin of error, which sits at +/- 2.83%.
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President Donald Trump has not yet weighed in with an endorsement in the runoff race, leaving Cornyn and Paxton to duke it out on their own for the Republican nomination. Ahead of the March 3 general primary election, Trump gave a triple-endorsement to Cornyn, Paxton, and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX). But since the runoff between Paxton and Cornyn was decided, the president has not
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