Have you guys had your coffee yet? Let me guess Daniel. Do you not drink coffee?

Bingo, Gaelin. I'm sure we talked about this.

Ew.

You drink tea?

That's how I feel about coffee. No, I don't I don't drink any caffeine.

Sarah, you drink coffee. Yeah. No, I drink coffee, but I'm afraid this level of enthusiasm is what you get this morning.

Regardless of the coffee. Well, why don't you chug your coffee before we hit record?

Woo. I mean, that was really that was really a lot of enthusiasm there. That was truly like the enthusiasm version of

graphic design is my passion.

Hello and welcome to this early morning primary reaction edition of the 538 Politics podcast. I'm Gaelin Drick

We've got a lot to talk about this morning. Republican Myroflores won the special election in Texas's 34th congressional district outright

Avoiding a runoff and flipping the longtime Democratic seat in Texas's Rio Grande Valley. Flores overperformed the partisanship of the 80% Hispanic district by 10 points.

In Nevada, the picture of which Republicans will face off against incumbent Democrats and the highly competitive state this fall has come into focus.

Four statewide Republican nominees have at least dabbled in big lie conspiracy theories, including the nominee for Secretary of State Jim

Marshawn who said he would not have certified the 2020 election. And in South Carolina, Trump's endorses against Republican incumbent

Representatives delivered a split decision. Tom Rice, one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump was defeated by Russell Frye

While Nancy Mase, who has been critical of Trump, defeated her challenger Katie Arrington. So let's dig into all of these results. And here with me to do that is politics editor Sir Frostensen. Hello. Good morning. How are you? How much did you sleep last night?

Good morning, y'all. No, I think I got like six hours. I can't complain.

Oh, that means you just woke up because I can tell from slap that you were awake at 2 a.m.

That's true. I did just wake up. I slept in this morning. I'm glad I could.

Okay. All right. Glad to hear. I'll see where this is. Elections Analyst. Nathaniel Wacatch. Hello. Good morning. How much did you sleep last night?

Yeah. The secret is to like wake up right before you start work. This is how I always stay up late. Like, you know, go to bed at two, but then wake up at like nine basically.

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