candidate, trying to destroy her campaign. the question is, does it backfire on democrats nationally. steve core nakornacki, takin the weeds of texas. thank you. at least 50 women running. that s a significant number, when you consider only three of the 36 representatives in the state are female. our guest is a texas reporter for politico. she s just written about this phenomenon. and kevin diaz, washington correspondent for the houston chronicle also with me, covering the texas races as well. ranuka, let me start with you, what s behind the surge of women r running for office in texas? thanks, craig, thanks for having me on. there s three things behind this surge of women running for texas. one is the trump effect. there s a lot of anti-trump sentiment among the democratic party nationally. and we re seeing that translate to women running here in texas. there are 36 democrats running for congress ional office this