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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Focus Group podcast. I'm Sarah Longwell, publisher of the bulwark, and this week we're kicking off our 2026 election coverage in earnest.

If you're an election super nerd who wants to go deep on the pre-midterm primaries, you've come to the right place.

This week, we're checking in with Republicans in Texas because the Senate race is, I don't know,

like a hilarious illustration of the current state of the GOP.

Senator John Cornyn is running for a fifth term, and he's been a pretty reliable, if somewhat

boring, supporter of Donald Trump's agenda, but he is still fighting for his political life.

And it turns out there are some Republicans in Texas who'd rather vote for a corrupt guy with a string of scandals like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton because he is a fighter, which might sound familiar.

There's also a newer candidate who voters think looks great on paper, but they have a lot

of questions about him, and his name is Wesley Hunt. We'll be talking about him a little bit.

This race is most likely going to a runoff with two of these three guys, but which two is

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