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Senate Runoff: Are Endorsements Bigger in Texas?

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Texas Republicans are set to decide between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton for a crucial Senate seat. California authorities say a chemical plant explosion has been averted, but that threats still remain. And an Ebola outbreak is only beginning to come into focus in Africa.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.0

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0:29.5

It's Tuesday, May 26th, and even in the Lone Star State, it helps to have friends like this.

0:30.7

We start here.

0:37.5

Texas voters head to the polls after an endorsement from President Trump. Private polling that Republicans have seen has shown Paxton pulling ahead.

0:41.9

Forget one Senate seat. What happens tonight could affect the entire midterms picture.

0:46.8

Officials say a simple crack prevented a catastrophe in California.

0:51.2

They cleared out 10 square miles all around the area. How a chemical plant became a

0:56.7

ticking time bomb. And the symptoms of Ebola go beyond bodies, even beyond borders. It's causing a lot

1:03.0

of fear, panic, and turmoil within the community that's already plagued by conflict as well as displacement.

1:07.3

How frustration in Africa is giving way to fear and even violence.

1:13.0

From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milky.

1:22.7

President Trump can't run for office again. Now, usually that would mean he has way less sway over his fellow Republicans than a guy who might be in the White House for years to come.

1:32.7

And yet last week, we saw President Trump can still make or break Republican campaigns.

1:38.2

Thomas Massey's a terrible congressman. He's been a terrible congressman from day one.

1:42.8

He told Kentucky voters to ditch their congressmen in more than a decade.

1:46.3

Well, they did.

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