The Texas Senate candidate whom President Donald Trump propped up to a primary victory over a four-term incumbent Republican is trailing his Democratic challenger, a stunning new poll shows. The Texas Pulse Poll conducted by Texas A&M University's Bush School of Government & Public Service and ReconMR found that Ken Paxton, the state's scandal-ridden attorney general, trails Democratic state lawmaker James Talarico, 47 percent to 43 percent, within the margin of error of 4 points.