Texas Senate Republican Primary Runoff Ballot Test

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

Populations in this average

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.

Ken Paxton

53.50%

John Cornyn*

40.10%

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Estimate

90% of polls fall in this range

* = Incumbent

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23 polls included in this average.

Field Dates Sample Pollster/Sponsor Result
May 21 – 23 1,018 LV Quantus Insights

Ken Paxton

52.70%

43.40%

John Cornyn

Ken Paxton +9.3
May 20 – 21 700 LV SoCal Strategies

Ken Paxton

56.80%

35.40%

John Cornyn

Ken Paxton +21.4
May 6 – 11 600 LV Global Strategy Group / GIFFORDS

Ken Paxton

52.00%

40.00%

John Cornyn

Ken Paxton +12
May 2 – 5 800 LV Peak Insights / Texans for a Conservative Majority

John Cornyn

47.00%

46.00%

Ken Paxton

John Cornyn +1
May 3 – 5 1,810 LV Remington Research Group / Lone Star Liberty PAC

Ken Paxton

47.00%

36.00%

John Cornyn

Ken Paxton +11
Apr 28 – May 1 1,200 LV University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs / YouGov

Ken Paxton

48.00%

45.00%

John Cornyn

Ken Paxton +3
Apr 11 – 14 1,143 LV co/efficient

John Cornyn

44.00%

43.00%

Ken Paxton

John Cornyn +1
Apr 6 – 9 800 LV Peak Insights / Texans for a Conservative Majority

John Cornyn

44.00%

43.00%

Ken Paxton

John Cornyn +1
Apr 6 – 7 1,225 LV Texas Public Opinion Research

Ken Paxton

48.00%

40.00%

John Cornyn

Ken Paxton +8
Mar 19 – 23 600 LV GQR / Senate Majority PAC

Ken Paxton

47.00%

42.00%

John Cornyn

Ken Paxton +5

= 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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