AM Show Hr 2 | Texas Runoffs: Turnout Myths & Campaign Strategy
The Michael Berry Show
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🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:07.3 | It's that time. |
| 0:11.1 | Lock and load. |
| 0:14.5 | The Michael Derry Show is on the air. |
| 0:17.7 | The state of Texas is holding its primary runoff elections today. The main |
| 0:21.9 | contest to watch is the Republican race for U.S. Senate. The incumbent John Cornyn is fighting for |
| 0:28.3 | his political survival against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. I know Republicans voters, |
| 0:36.3 | and as I said earlier, really it's a question of who bothers to show up. |
| 0:40.3 | If only the most radical people show up in the primary, then I think that's going to be a challenge. |
| 0:49.3 | If we get a broad spectrum of Republican voters to turn out in the primary, I'm optimistic about the outcome. |
| 0:57.8 | Very early numbers coming in. You see a handful of counties reporting votes. Ken Paxton leading in all of them. |
| 1:02.8 | Hey! |
| 1:04.6 | Dancy again! |
| 1:08.5 | Yeah! Quoted beat Paxton here solidly. Can't see it again. |
| 1:11.6 | Corny beat Paxton here solidly in the preliminary. |
| 1:15.6 | But again, looking at the early vote right here, Paxton's absolutely trouncing him. |
| 1:20.6 | The suburban establishment Republicans, business Republicans, do they stick with Cornyn? |
| 1:25.6 | Or do enough of them listen to the president? |
| 1:28.3 | Well, 45 to 38 a few weeks ago, Paxton on top 59 to 41 at the moment. |
| 1:38.7 | Jose, you're on the Michael Berry show. Go ahead, sir. |
| 1:42.8 | Oh, Michael. |
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