Wesley Hunt
Stalking horse candidate:
“A stalking horse candidate is a person who runs for office not to win, but to test the waters for a future candidate, hide the true candidate’s intentions, or split the opposition’s vote. Often used in primaries or to test policies, they act as a decoy to gauge public support or weaken a rival.”
If it wasn’t for Wesley Hunt taking 292,005 votes Paxton may have actually came out ahead of Cornyn.