This is Lucas Braun calling from Raymond Dohaio, where I am about to listen to the audio of the musical Hamilton for the first time ever.

Why haven't I done this already?

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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast, and primary season officially gets underway this week.

Texas is up first, tomorrow.

For the first time in years, Democrats are fielding a candidate in every congressional district there.

And in early voting, Democratic turnout, surpassed Republican turnout.

But how much of Texas could really be in play for Democrats?

And President Trump has driven a wedge between himself and a big chunk of the Republican establishment on trade.

Today, he said he isn't backing down.

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And I'm Ron Elving, editor correspondent.

And take that Scott Detro.

Yeah, we need to explain on the last podcast, Scott Detro admitted that he had only just recently left

and listened to Hamilton all the way through for the first time.

I know, Scott. I thought he never listened.

No, no, no, that he had only just recently.

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