Paxton Garza race polling may show a tight November race for Texas Attorney General. The Texas Tribune/UT Tyler poll shows Garza within two points.
Polling shows incumbent Ken Paxton (R) ahead of Rochelle Garza (D), 34 – 32%.
The poll shows half of independent voters disapprove of Ken Paxton’s work as Attorney General. That is up from just over forty percent earlier this summer. It also shows more than a third of voters are undecided.
In addition to his political troubles, Paxton remains under indictment for securities fraud. That charge has plagued his time as Attorney General almost since he took office.
Paxton Garza Race Polling And National Trends
Garza appears to be bucking a national trend and may outperform Joe Biden in Texas despite running as a self described progressive. Biden’s tracking poll numbers show him down by more than fifteen points.
The one area of national unanimity is the direction of the country where a fifty point gap exists between right direction and wrong.
These poll numbers are within the Margin of Error, but still show Garza ahead of Beto O’Rourke taking a statewide seat.
Garza Issues
One issue clearly separating the two candidates is immigration. Though a federal issue, Garza has taken an open borders approach.
On her website she says, “Refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants must be welcome in Texas — but that will never be the case as long as the GOP holds onto power.”
This statement contradicts Democratic Party exit polling from 2020 where Latinos in South Texas rejected this stance leading to an increased number of Latinos voting for Donald Trump.
As an issue for Dallas, open borders may have allowed Abel Elias Acosta to escape to Mexico after a triple murder in Garland last Christmas. Garland Police currently list Acosta as their number Most Wanted fugitive.
Crime has been up in Dallas so it is unclear how this issue with play for Garza both in Paxton Garza race polling, but the general election also.