Paxton and Crockett Lead Their Texas Senate Primaries

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Paxton and Crockett Lead Their Texas Senate Primaries

February 9, 2026 at 8:36 am EST By Taegan Goddard 146 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/09/paxton-and-crockett-lead-their-senate-primaries/

A new University of Houston poll in Texas finds Ken Paxton leading the Republican U.S. Senate primary with 38%, followed by John Cornyn at 31% and Wesley Hunt at 17%.

On the Democratic side, Jasmine Crockett leads with 47%, followed by James Talarico at 39%.

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1. Crockett is gaining momentum daily

as well as clearly communicating her policy priorities. She's built a visible presence in notrh Texas that looks to me to resonate with a broader range of voters. Here’s hoping her campaign continues to gain traction and achieves success in the race.

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2. Talarico is more likely to win the general election

Both are great, but I'd vote for Talarico. I'm skeptical a black woman can win statewide in Texas.

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3. I was skeptical a Dem could pull off last week's upset in Tarrant county

Tomorrow never knows.

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4. My hope is that after whomever wins the Primary (both great candidates) Texas Dems

will unite to defeat the winner of the GOP primary. Paxton is garbage, Cornyn is a nobody but I think Paxton will be the easiest to defeat.

The recent comment about "mediocre Black man" is simply meant to divide, and Black voters are not dumb enough to fall for the bait. They will support the Democrat Primary winner.

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5. My main reservation about Talrico is that he makes no bones

that he is a fundamentalist christian.
That is a non starter for me. However, I would rather vote for a dem than a repuke.

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6. Crockett will not win a statewide election in November

Zero chance.

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7. She was ahead of Paxton in one poll. I think.

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8. The racists will come out in full force to vote against her.

Her support is limited to urban areas

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11. Paxton is targeting Indian Americans, Muslims... the racists LOVE that.

then he takes a break and goes after Trans people again... and women wanting abortions.

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9. Here is a link to the poll

https://www.uh.edu/hobby/primary2026/senate.pdf

the Crockett/Talerico demographic voter split is on page 15.

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10. Thanks.

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12. Between Paxton and Crockett, ONE of them

is an ex tea party far right ultraconservative who, in 2020 sued four other states in an effort to overturn the election on behalf of Trump, incited insurrectionists at the rally Trump held on January 6, and who pursued legal action against President Biden 106 times.

Who served as Texas AG for 10 years while under indictment on fraud charges which were eventually dismissed after fulfilling a pretrial agreement for restitution to the victims, ethics training, and community service.

Who was later accused of "bribery, abuse of office and other crimes", was subsequently impeached and suspended under additional allegations of misuse of public resources and obstruction of justice, YET who was later acquitted by theTexas Senate.

The other is NOT.

Not that any of THAT would matter, deep in the heart of Texas.

(source-Wikipedia)