Chris is right, because we are ready to report a call in the biggest race of the night.

It is just past 9 o'clock on the East Coast on this election night.

Polls have just closed in the great state of Texas.

And the Associated Press is ready to project that Trump-backed challenger Ken Paxton

has defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn and what appears to be an absolute blowout. I mean, just look at that margin on your

screen. Right now, with 48% of the vote counted, Paxton leads Cornyn by about 25 points. And I just

want to note here, John Cornyn is a leader in the Senate in the Republican Senate.

Ken Paxton is, when we will get into all of this, he has just defeated a leader in the Republican Senate who has basically been with Trump all along.

But what this all means is that Ken Paxton will now go on to face off this November against Democratic nominee James Tala Rico.

It's going to be quite a race. And James Tala Rico, it's going to be quite a race.

And James Tala Rico, for his part, he's expected to weigh in on tonight's results and the race

ahead very shortly. And he's also going to be joining my colleague Laurence O'Donnell

live in the next hour. That will be a much watch, of course. Now, of course, Tullerico

secured his nomination all the way back in early March, and he has been basically working to consolidate democratic support ever since.

All while Paxton and Cornyn have been absolutely bludgeoning each other across the airwaves.

I mean, I cannot. I've worked in politics for a very long time.

I cannot remember a primary race in recent history that was a bigger dumpster fire on the air

and otherwise than this one. And while all of that was going on, Trump waited until late last

week before deciding to endorse Ken Paxton. Real profile I encourage there.

Now, Ken Paxton is a deeply flawed and, shall we say, incredibly ethically challenged candidate.

And honestly, that shouldn't have been a surprise, the endorsement that is. Because after all of Paxton's many scandals, which I would say run the gamut from

adultery to corruption allegations, he denies to being impeached by a Republican House before he was

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