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Rhiannon12866

(259,234 posts)
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:20 AM 3 hrs ago

Texas-sized problem for GOP? Trump-backed Senate candidate advances - The 11th Hour - MS NOW



A massive win for a Trump-backed Senate candidate in Texas may be a momentary victory for MAGA - but it could scramble the GOP's hopes of holding onto the Senate in November's midterms. Ali Velshi, Abby Livingston, and Larry Sabato join Stephanie Ruhle on The 11th Hour. - Aired on 05/26/2026.
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Texas-sized problem for GOP? Trump-backed Senate candidate advances - The 11th Hour - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 3 hrs ago OP
Republicans voted for shithole twice................. Lovie777 2 hrs ago #1
By the numbers: sop 1 hr ago #2
Trumps big win for Paxton is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Omnipresent 1 hr ago #3

Lovie777

(23,813 posts)
1. Republicans voted for shithole twice.................
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:41 AM
2 hrs ago

whose a convicted rapist with also 34 counts of corruptions and criminality. Seems like they don't mind ungodly politicians that claim they are evangelists Christians.

Think about that.

sop

(19,419 posts)
2. By the numbers:
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:48 AM
1 hr ago

There are a total of 17,578,640 registered voters in Texas: 6,617,030 are registered as Republicans (37.64%), 8,182,838 as Democrats (46.55%), and 2,778,772 as Independents and others (15.81%).

In the Republican Senate primary run-off Paxton received 586,953 votes (63.5%), Cornyn got 337,476 (36.5%), for a total of 924,429 votes.

Only 13.9% of registered Republicans in Texas voted in the Senate primary .run-off.

Note: Texas does not have a closed primary system. On primary election day, voters choose which party's ballot they want, they don't need to be registered with that party. In Texas this choice is made privately at the polling place. Any registered voter can vote in any party's primary, regardless of their own party affiliation or registration status. Texas does not have registration by political party. A voter becomes a Republican by voting in the Republican primary or Republican primary run-off, the same for Democrats.

Omnipresent

(7,532 posts)
3. Trumps big win for Paxton is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:04 AM
1 hr ago

Democratic primary turnout beat repub turnout by 686,076 votes.
Enjoy your hollow victory dipshits!

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