With just days until the May 29 Texas Republican primary for U.S. Senate, former state solicitor general Ted Cruz is focused on one thing: denying his opponent, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, the 50 percent share of the vote needed to win the GOP nomination outright. “Politically, the only thing that matters is, does this race go to a runoff?,” Cruz says in an interview with THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

But a new poll shows Dewhurst may be growing his lead and getting close to avoiding the runoff. In the survey, PPP found that 46 percent of likely primary voters support Dewhurst, compared to 29 percent for Cruz. A third candidate, former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert, registered 15 percent support.