Texas Senate Republican Primary Ballot Test

If the GOP Primary for Texas Senate were being held today, who would Texans vote for?

Populations in this average

Republicans

Self-identified Republican respondents

LV

An adult identifed as registered and likely to vote in an upcoming election by a pollster.

RV

An adult identified as registered to vote by a pollster.

Adults

Anyone 18 years of age or older.

Independents

Self-identified Independent respondents

The average below is comprised of polling crosstabs for the noted subgroup. You can visit our methodology to learn more.

Ken Paxton

38.90%

John Cornyn*

35.40%

Wesley Hunt

16.50%

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Estimate

90% of polls fall in this range

* = Incumbent

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43 polls included in this average.

Field Dates Sample Pollster/Sponsor Result
Feb 26 – Mar 2 1,659 LV YouGov

36.00%

Ken Paxton

32.00%

John Cornyn

17.00%

Wesley Hunt

Ken Paxton +4
Feb 26 – Mar 2 1,221 Republicans YouGov

37.00%

Ken Paxton

33.00%

John Cornyn

17.00%

Wesley Hunt

Ken Paxton +4
Feb 26 – Mar 2 339 Independents YouGov

34.00%

Ken Paxton

31.00%

John Cornyn

18.00%

Wesley Hunt

Ken Paxton +3
Feb 26 – 27 547 LV Emerson College / Nexstar

39.80%

Ken Paxton

35.90%

John Cornyn

16.50%

Wesley Hunt

Ken Paxton +3.9
Feb 26 – 27 414 Republicans Emerson College / Nexstar

40.90%

Ken Paxton

36.80%

John Cornyn

15.00%

Wesley Hunt

Ken Paxton +4.1
Feb 26 – 27 130 Independents Emerson College / Nexstar

37.30%

Ken Paxton

33.20%

John Cornyn

21.90%

Wesley Hunt

Ken Paxton +4.1
Feb 25 – 26 939 LV Quantus Insights

43.00%

Ken Paxton

37.60%

John Cornyn

15.70%

Wesley Hunt

Ken Paxton +5.4
Feb 23 – 24 529 LV Blueprint Polling / Chism Strategies

41.50%

Ken Paxton

29.90%

John Cornyn

13.60%

Wesley Hunt

Ken Paxton +11.6
Feb 19 – 23 800 LV Peak Insights / Texans for a Conservative Majority

36.00%

John Cornyn

36.00%

Ken Paxton

14.00%

Wesley Hunt

TIE
Feb 13 – 22 445 LV University of Texas at Tyler Center for Opinion Research

41.00%

John Cornyn

35.00%

Ken Paxton

15.00%

Wesley Hunt

John Cornyn +6

= Internal poll

Internal polls from the same candidate are averaged together and weighted as no more than 1 poll in our average.

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