this race. but this is the one i suspect we re going to spend the most time talking about tonight. and if you look at some of the other races, some races voting and key races. this one here, in south texas, on the border, the region of the country that is swung very, very sharply between 16 and 20 from the democrats toward donald trump. heavily hispanic counties on the border. here is a democratic primary. a moderate democrat, henne barely held off jessica cisneros. could she knock him off in the runoff. there are a lot of republicans that hopes she does because this would have been unthinkable and they believe it is winnable for republicans if democrats nominate cisneros. and then the other big race in texas, is this it for the bush dynasty in texas. you have george p. bush against ken paxton and you see the
natural disaster risks, that s pure patronage. for him to do it 11 days before he announces that he s running for attorney general i think makes it a lock solid link to patronage. joy, i think the other thing from a political standpoint going on here, he represents the last best hope to continue the bush dynasty, right? he knew he was going to be into a republican primary 11 days later that has turned ultra maga as joe biden has said. these are exactly the type of counties, these smaller, more rural, whiter counties that would be a problem for him in that kind of primary. so what does he do? he starts doing out the dollars like any slick old time politician to these places. they put out, according to zach s reporting, 39 different press releases county by county heralding these new investments in these counties. so it s clear that politics played a real role here.
Someone free up a seat in the ahooga-ing, exhaust-farting clown car for U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert. The Tyler Republican, known more for his inflammatory and.