Allred, a former congressman from Dallas, is one of two Democrats to have announced their runs for the Senate seat occupied by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican who is facing a primary challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The contest coincides with the state’s November uniform election, when voters across Texas will already be at the polls to decide local offices and ballot measures.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s divorce from State Senator Angela Paxton, filed this week on ‘biblical grounds’ and ‘recent discoveries’,

Allred jumped into the race as incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn faces a major primary challenge in his bid for a fifth term from state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton has accused Cornyn of being insufficiently conservative, while Cornyn has consistently denigrated Paxton’s character over past corruption probes.

President Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-N.D.) on Wednesday evening to talk about Senate races, including Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) fraught primary against Texas Attorney

According to a poll released by the Texas Politics Project at UT Austin last month, 17 percent of Texans said political corruption is the biggest problem facing the state.

A Cygnal poll released in May showed Ossoff with a two-point lead over Collins, winning 45.7 percent of the vote compared to the Republican's 43.3 percent. Eleven percent remained undecided. That poll surveyed 800 general election voters from May 15 to May 17 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.41 percentage points.

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