Former Democratic Representative Colin Allred trails bothSenator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton , who are locked in a tight race for the Republican nomination for Texas' U.S. Senate seat in next year's midterm election, according to a new poll.

"This remains a seat that Democrats could win," Matthew Wilson, associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University, told Newsweek in an email Friday.

However, he noted, "this new polling data showing Cornyn and Paxton tied, both candidates leading Allred, and the redistricting fight a draw in the court of public opinion is music to Republican ears."

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Texas, which is embroiled in a redistricting battle in the state legislature, is among the states Democrats hope to make competitive i

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