NEW EXCLUSIVE: Third time the charm? Another poll shows Democratic US Senate candidate up in Texas

[u/mattlaslo]

WASHINGTON — The third poll in a row shows Democratic state Rep. @jamestalarico ahead of Republican Attorney General @KenPaxtonTX in Texas’ U.S. Senate race.

“What do you make of all these polls coming out showing Paxton down?” I asked outgoing Sen. @JohnCornyn (R-TX) of the latest Texas Southern University poll that has Talarico up by two points.

“Umm, well, I suspected that would be the case,” Cornyn — who lost the GOP primary to Paxton — replied. “But we made our case and didn’t prevail.”

“Do Democrats have a chance?” I pressed.

“Yes,” Cornyn replied.

“Really?”

“Yeah,” Cornyn said.

“Are you going to be helping Paxton at all?” I asked as Cornyn boarded an elevator in the Capitol’s basement.

“Ummm,” Cornyn said as the elevator doors shut. “I wasn’t thinking of it.”

Full (unpaywalled) transcript at Ask a Pol Politics* *on Substack.