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Cornyn, Paxton locked in DEAD HEAT in Texas primary: Poll
The Hill ^ | 08/15/25 6:00 AM ET | by Jared Gans

Posted on 08/15/2025 9:17:54 AM PDT by RandFan

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are locked in a close battle in the state’s bitterly contested Senate primary, according to an Emerson College Polling survey released Friday.

The poll showed Cornyn essentially tied with Paxton. He led by 1 point, 30 percent to 29 percent, with 5 percent saying they prefer another candidate and 37 percent undecided. The margin is much closer than numerous other past polls that have shown Paxton with a lead over the longtime incumbent.

“Seven months ahead of the Republican Primary, the contest between the four-term incumbent and the Attorney General is a toss-up,” said Spencer Kimball, the executive director of Emerson College Polling, in a release.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bs; cornhole; paxton; rino; senate; texas; theshill
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Anyone know the veracity of this polling firm.., I had hoped Ken was doing better 🤔
1 posted on 08/15/2025 9:17:54 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

This is bull crap.
No one I know likes Cornyn, we know he’s a RINO.
He’s been putting out the ads everywhere, cause he’s desperate.
The Hill is garbage l


2 posted on 08/15/2025 9:22:31 AM PDT by 1ScrappyArmyMom
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To: RandFan

I don’t know about Paxton, but from what I know of Cornyn, he’s gotta go.


3 posted on 08/15/2025 9:22:41 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: RandFan

Emerson is a rat/left poll and this is The Hill. Trash.


4 posted on 08/15/2025 9:28:03 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: RandFan

The GOPe will 100% kneecap Paxton in the general and hand the seat to the Rats. There should be no doubt.


5 posted on 08/15/2025 9:30:17 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: RandFan

Bull! And Joe Biden is as sharp as a Tack!


6 posted on 08/15/2025 9:32:50 AM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: 1ScrappyArmyMom

The latest one with farmers, ranchers, and such thanking him for voting with Trump 99.9% of the time is crap.


7 posted on 08/15/2025 9:37:17 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: RandFan

Yeah, NO! Unless Texans done lost their minds and don’t like change. 🤔


8 posted on 08/15/2025 9:40:44 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍! Winning currently!)
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To: iamgalt

Yeah, appears so, Emerson is a ridiculous outlier on this. But, they have to try to sway opinion. If they can’t get a democrat, at least they can get a republican who votes with them half the time.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/republican-primary/2026/texas/paxton-vs-cornyn


9 posted on 08/15/2025 9:42:48 AM PDT by Yogafist
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To: RandFan

There isn’t one conservative in the entire state who can run for the sea?


10 posted on 08/15/2025 9:46:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: 1ScrappyArmyMom

Don’t underestimate him. He didn’t get elected to the Senate four times by accident and two of those times or after he deliberately got the Democrats to win the 2010 Senate majority. Remember he was the Republican party Senate campaign share and he deliberately tagged it.
.


11 posted on 08/15/2025 9:49:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: 1ScrappyArmyMom

The real question: why do repubs always do this self-destruction?


12 posted on 08/15/2025 9:52:45 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: RandFan

When they make it this hard to get to the methodology, that’s not a good sign.

https://emersoncollegepolling.com/texas-2026-poll-cornyn-and-paxton-in-dead-heat-for-gop-senate-nomination/

Scroll down to the bottom.

They make you download instead of offering it in a hyperlink.

Also not a coinkydink.

After looking at that, I’m saying EC got what it polled for.

Again.

Not a shocker.


13 posted on 08/15/2025 9:53:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: RandFan

This is The sHill.
No way do I believe this.


14 posted on 08/15/2025 9:54:20 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: 1ScrappyArmyMom

I ALWAYS vote AGAINST Cornyn in the primary!


15 posted on 08/15/2025 10:06:54 AM PDT by rfreedom4u ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas")
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To: iamgalt

“Emerson is a rat/left poll and this is The Hill. Trash.”

Agreed.


16 posted on 08/15/2025 10:08:17 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: RandFan
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are locked in a close battle in the state’s bitterly contested Senate primary, according to an Emerson College Polling survey released Friday.

That's BS. Paxton is gonna smoke this moron. If not, look for voter fraud on a mass scale.

17 posted on 08/15/2025 10:21:57 AM PDT by eastexsteve
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To: mewzilla

It’s fishy


18 posted on 08/15/2025 10:23:15 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: mewzilla

It’s fishy


19 posted on 08/15/2025 10:23:15 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: Jim W N
I don’t know about Paxton

I have been watching him for awhile. He is the real deal. We need people like him.

20 posted on 08/15/2025 10:32:55 AM PDT by Colorado Doug
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