Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton would defeat expected Democrat opponent Colin Allred by five points, according to a narrative-kneecapping poll suggesting fears sown by Sen. John Cornyn and his Washington allies about Paxton’s electoral viability are bogus.

In an Emerson poll of 1,000 registered Texas voters, Paxton, who is challenging the incumbent Cornyn in the Republican primary for Senate in Texas, garners 46% to Allred’s 41%.

The same poll found Cornyn, who has run a campaign based in equal parts on his own general election viability and Paxton’s numerous controversies, up on Allred 46% to 38%.

The poll is one of two that has Texas…

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