This is Molly Hemingway of the Federalist, inviting you to join me for the 2026 Issues, Etc, Making the Case Conference, Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th at Concordia University, Chicago.

I'll be speaking and signing copies of my new book, Alito, the Justice who reshaped the Supreme Court and restored

the U.S. Constitution. Learn more at Issuesetc.org. Issuesetc.org. Sometimes history can help us at least anticipate, if not predict what might happen politically.

There is a certain regularity about American politics. One of the accepted

truth, the conventional wisdom, is that in an off year with a president who's, even if he's

polling popular, but especially when he isn't, his party is going to lose in the midterm elections.

That's the prediction for this coming congressional midterm

election. Will it prove true? Welcome back to issues, etc. joining us to talk about the congressional

midterm elections, Molly Hemingway, editor-in-chief of the Federalist, a Fox News contributor,

an author of several books, including her latest Alito, The Justice, Who

Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution.

Molly, welcome back.

It is wonderful to be here with you.

What did we learn from the Texas GOP Senate race recently?

Well, this really was an interesting race because it was so important to Washington, D.C., Republicans,

that Senator John Cornyn, who'd been in office for quite some time, win his challenge, his primary challenge.

And something like $100 million was invested to protect him and make sure that he won that primary. They have an initial

race and then they, you know, whoever are the top two vote getters, go on to a runoff. And he didn't

perform very well initially. He was the top vote getter, but as an incumbent with 18 years experience,

he should have been, or however many years he'd been there, he really should have been much

stronger. And so

from that moment, his rival Ken Paxton, or his opponent, Ken Paxton, was in very good position.

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