The Republican Senate primary runoff in Texas isn’t looking as high-stakes as it did at the start of the race two months ago, with the bruising primary leaving both Texas Republicans, Sen. John Cornyn and former Attorney General Ken Paxton in a worse position than where they started. They’re also evenly matched against the Democratic nominee, state Senator James Talarico.
Ahead of the initial March 3 primary, when Paxton and Cornyn first faced off and Talarico defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, there was significant debate over which potential matchup gave Democrats their best chance to flip the Senate seat, which will be crucial to Democrats’ plans to retake control of the Senate come November.
