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The latest survey looking at the Republican race for U.S. Senate shows a virtual tie between incumbent John Cornyn (33%) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (34%).

Rep. Wesley Hunt is more than 10 points behind in the survey by the University of Houston and Texas Southern University.

Now that the Republican is officially running for the office , he explained why he’s thrilled with the 22% support he received in the survey.

“That was before I even entered the race,” he told us proudly on Inside Texas Politics . “So, as a Congressman from the great state of Texas right here in Congressional District 38 here in Houston, to have that kind of support alread

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