The Texas Senate Race Is Turning Into an Absolute Mess

For Democrats looking to flip the state, Ken Paxton is clearly the preferred GOP nominee. But polls show Paxton as the preferred nominee for Republicans, too.

John Cornyn
Sen. John Cornyn is surrounded by reporters as he heads to the chamber at the Capitol. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

The Texas Senate race is turning into the wildest mess of the midterms — and it’s just getting messier.

The battle between Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the GOP Senate nomination just continues to get bloodier. Cornyn trails in the primary polls, but is broadly seen as the best Republican to defeat the eventual Democratic nominee.

“I’ve been through every kind of election you can imagine,” Cornyn told NOTUS last week. “So I’m not too worried about any of them. We know what we need to do to win, and we intend to.”