U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Houston wants Republican voters who may be unfamiliar with him to know that he’s much more like Attorney General Ken Paxton than he is like incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
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Sen. John Cornyn has nearly double the war chest of Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas’ Senate GOP primary after the third fundraising quarter of the year — though in the latest flare-up between the two, neither can agree on which funds count.
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Hunt’s entry increases the likelihood that the GOP contest will go to a May runoff.
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Hunt represents Houston's Energy Corridor and northwest Harris County in the U.S. House of Representatives. His entry into the Republican primary increases the likelihood of the bitter, expensive contest dragging on into a May 2026 runoff.
Sen. John Cornyn on Wednesday unveiled endorsements from 15 former Republican members of Congress from Texas in his primary against Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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The Texas Democratic Party is expanding its operations across the state, opening four new offices, with talks underway for at least one more. The party hopes the expansion will help it to build support and better compete with Republicans.
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The party’s executive committee approved a strategic effort that involves shifting its headquarters to Dallas, while maintaining an office in Austin, opening new offices in Houston, Amarillo, Eagle Pass, and potentially the Rio Grande Valley. Analysts say it will take years for the plan to pay dividends.
State Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) has entered the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican John Cornyn. Talarico plans to hold a campaign kick-off rally Tuesday evening in his hometown of Round Rock.
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The Austin state lawmaker is challenging former congressman and unsuccessful 2024 Senate candidate Colin Allred and former NASA astronaut Terry Virts for the Democratic nod. The Republican primary is a close race between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is closing the gap with his main rival in the March 2026 Republican primary, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to a new poll from Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center.
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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.
A new poll of Texas’ Senate GOP primary shows Sen. John Cornyn leading Attorney General Ken Paxton by 1 percentage point, breaking a spell of public polling that had found the incumbent trailing by wide margins.
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A new poll released Wednesday shows Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with a commanding lead over incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in either a two-person race or a three-person race in next year's Republican primary.
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The poll also shows the Texas attorney general leading the state’s senior senator by 7 points if U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt enters next year's Republican primary for Cornyn's Senate seat. But Paxton’s lead drops to within the margin of error against his most likely Democratic challengers in the general election.
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