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Start free trial →The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show · US Politics · October 2026
Ryan Girdusky, a Republican-aligned commentator, in his monologue on whether Texas is turning blue, a few days before the November 2026 election.
…have a Democratic governor of Kentucky. Americans are much more independent when it comes to voting for governor than they are for federal offices. Governor Greg Abbott had an approval rating of 50 percent, and that's not high in a district he won by well over 20 points. Not great. And I've been speaking to a lot of people and there is a larger problem that I am noticing when it comes to Texas. Yes, Ken Paxton is in trouble. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out. We have months and months and months of polling. Paxton has not led in, Paxton has led in three polls since June, right? We know, we can see everything that's happening for such a long time. However, No one running for office in TEXAS TURNING year is polling with Texas-sized Republican leads. Nobody. There was in this one particular district, which a district once again, the Republicans went by 20 points sometimes. Paxton was winning by four. Abbott was winning by 10. And there was another 10% in both voting…