year. the second is the wave of sexual harassment scandals we ve seen among some members of the texas congressional delegation. two people have had to resign because of sexual misconduct scandals. finally, opportunities. as the correspondent mentioned, there are eight opened seats this year and we re seeing a flood of candidates across republicans and democrats but especially democrats. you write that women are having a harder time raising money there in texas, despite the large number of them that are running. why is that? well, i think i think it s a structural challenge and it s not just here in texas, it s nationally. i talked to johnson who is a member of the texas delegation and she just said it s, you know, a lot of the donor net works and historical fund-raising networks are geared towards men and geared towards raising money for men. and so i think historically women have had a little bit of trouble raising money and tapping into those traditional