ANALYSIS — Last fall, there were already warning signs that Texas Sen. John Cornyn was at serious risk of losing his upcoming Republican primary, even though he had narrowed an initial polling gap with state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
And four months and millions of dollars in ads later, Cornyn might be in worse shape with just days to go until the March 3 primary.
On the surface, Cornyn remains in the hunt. A mid-January Emerson College survey showed Paxton at 27 percent, Cornyn at 26 percent and Houston-area Rep. Wesley Hunt at 16 percent. The latest RealClearPolitics average found a similar state of the race: Paxton 30 percent, Cornyn 28 percent, Hunt 20 percent.
