EXCLUSIVE – With just six months to go until Texas kicks off primary season in the 2026 midterm elections, the blockbuster battle between longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn and his GOP challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, appears to be tightening.
Paxton, a MAGA champion and longtime ally of President Donald Trump who has been battered over the past decade by multiple controversies, enjoyed a comfortable double-digit lead over Cornyn in polling at the beginning of the summer.
But the most recent surveys point to a closer contest, as the two Texas heavyweight politicians blast each other in what’s turned into an expensive and bitterly brutal battle.