Today on the Playbook podcast, Trump goes four from four in Texas as his mageman, Ken

Paxton ousts veteran senator John Cornyn.

But it's Democrats who are celebrating.

They think the result in last night's primary runoff gives them a real chance of scooping the Senate seat this fall.

We'll pick through all of that for you guys this morning and the best of the rest from last night's other results in Texas.

Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.

And I'm Adam Wren, and it's Wednesday, May 27th.

Adam, where are you? Jack, I am just off the shores here of a beautiful lake. I'm in Mackinac City,

Michigan on the other side of Mackinall Island, where I'm at for the week, covering all

things, Michigan and the midterms. I love it. Of course you are. The campaigns never sleep.

That's right. That's right. So it's not exactly Texas, but hopefully I'll be back in Texas for

the general next week.

Well, Texas is what we're all going to be talking about this morning, Adam. In the end,

look, it wasn't even close. You know, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton thrashed John Cornyn in last night's Texas primary.

There's no two ways about it.

We'll get on to what that means for Donald Trump and the Republicans.

In a moment, what to talk about first, Adam, is that we now know, for certain, what this Senate head-to-head matchup is going to be this fall, and it is

the matchup that Democrats have been dreaming about since last summer. Their guy, James

Talariko, against Ken Paxton in November. And to remind you guys listening, Talariko,

young guy only turned 37 last week. He's only a state representative. Most people hadn't even

heard of him this time last year. Adam, just lay out for us why it is that Democrats are kind of

licking their lips at this encounter and genuinely believe that they finally got a real

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