Ken Paxton Would Continue Leading In Texas GOP Primary For Senate Even If Trump Endorses His Rival, Poll Shows
The poll examined how a Trump endorsement for either candidate could affect the primary.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYLatin Times is a digital news publisher with an attributed author, but the article provides limited information about its editorial and corrections practices. Its reporting identifies the pollster and gives the survey dates, sample size and margin of error.
- Editorial standards — The article provides limited evidence about editorial standards or correction practices.
- Transparency — The article names the pollster and reports the sample size, field dates and margin of error.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited.
The article gives useful polling details and attributes candidates’ remarks, but relies on one survey and offers little context about the poll’s methodology or a response from Cornyn.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The report gives polling results for both candidates and includes Paxton’s and Trump’s remarks, but does not include Cornyn’s perspective or much context beyond the poll.
- Source diversity — The poll is identified, but the article does not include a range of independent sources.
- Counterarguments presented — Both candidates’ polling figures appear, but Cornyn’s own response is absent.
- Opinion vs reporting — The piece is presented as reporting and uses mostly neutral language.
The article reports polling figures and attributed remarks in straightforward language, without a discernible partisan framing.
- Language tone — The wording is largely neutral and reports the poll’s results directly.
- Framing — The article centers on a polling scenario rather than making an argument for either candidate.
- Source selection — It identifies the pollster and includes remarks from Paxton and Trump, though not Cornyn.
A poll found Ken Paxton leading John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary even under a hypothetical Trump endorsement of Cornyn. Paxton’s lead widened in the poll’s scenario where Trump endorsed him instead.
Texas Public Opinion Research’s survey found Paxton ahead of Cornyn, 44% to 43%, in a scenario where Trump endorsed Cornyn; with a hypothetical Trump endorsement for Paxton, the figures were 58% to 32%. Trump had not yet endorsed a candidate. The poll surveyed 781 likely Republican primary voters on March 7 and 8 and reported a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
The article said reports suggested Trump was preparing to endorse Cornyn and quoted Trump saying he would decide “pretty soon” and urging the candidate he did not support to leave the race. Paxton said he intended to remain in the race, criticizing Cornyn’s representation of Texans. The poll also showed Paxton leading Cornyn 49% to 41% overall, and among Wesley Hunt supporters, 48% favored Paxton and 31% Cornyn.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Trump in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Trump’s record.
People in this story
SWIPE →President whose possible endorsement is part of the primary polling scenarios
Texas senator and Republican Senate candidate whose polling position is compared with Paxton’s
Cornyn's version of this story ↗Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate whose primary polling lead is reported
Paxton's version of this story ↗Representative whose supporters’ preferences are reported in the poll
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