Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has bested Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in one new Iowa poll — but he still hasn’t solidified a frontrunner position.

In a Monmouth University Poll released Monday, 24 percent of Republican likely caucus-goers said Cruz would be their first choice. Trump — who has been the first choice nationally and for Republican Iowa caucus-goers for the past several months — was at 19 percent, followed by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio with 17 percent.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has usually polled in the top 3 in Iowa. He fell behind Rubio with 13 percent.

There is a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percent with 425 Republican likely caucus-goers polled by telephone.

However, that wasn’t the case for another poll that was also published Monday.

According to a Dec. 7 CNN/ORC poll, 33 percent of Republican likely caucus-goers said Trump was their first choice. Cruz came in next with 20 percent, followed by 16 percent for Carson.

With 552 Republican likely caucus-goers surveyed, there is a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

The polls come after several weeks of Cruz campaigning hard in Iowa.

On Dec. 5, Cruz was one of five candidates who attended Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, and Freedom Works’ Rising Tide Summit. Cruz garnered the largest applause at the event had several standing ovations where he went hard on advocating on gun rights as well as stopping ISIS.

— by Rebecca Morin