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Daily Dispatch 1/16/26: Polling Reveals Vulnerabilities For Ken Paxton Against Democrats, And More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Polling released this week shows an uphill battle for likely Democratic nominee and State Rep. Gina Hinojosa against Governor Greg Abbott in November, with a gap of about 8 points: https://www.newsweek.com/gina-hinojosa-chances-beating-greg-abbott-flip-texas-gop-poll-11366360...Abbott is sitting on a massive war chest of $106 million: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/15/texas-governors-race-greg-abbott-gina-hinojosa-2026-election/...The poll also shows Ken Paxton to be the weakest of the three potential Republican nominees against…

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