Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coates. They say everything is bigger in Texas. Well, it was a big election night in America, and a big blowout win by the controversial Trump fat candidate with big scandals in the Marquis, Texas race.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat the incumbent

Senator John Cornyn in the GOP runoff for U.S. Senate, and it wasn't even close. Paxson

is up by about 28 points right now. President Trump gave him an 11th hour endorsement

just last week, and Paxxton sang his praises tonight.

When everyone in Washington told him to abandon me and abandoned the people of Texas, he didn't listen.

Instead, he gave his complete and total endorsement.

President Trump is the leader of our party and his endorsement in this most power is the most powerful force in politics.

Well, there are two ways to read tonight's results.

On the one hand, it is more evidence that Trump's grip on the GOP is as tight as ever.

And on the other, it may very well be a Republican warning sign for November.

Because to get here, this race was ugly,

and it was expensive. I'm talking big money, $130 million. It was really a fight over what kind

of candidate Republicans or President Trump wants to send into the midterms. Because the same

politics that can get taken down as a Republican incumbent in the primary could make it harder for Republicans to hold that very seat in a general election.

In this term alone, Trump's primary power has been on display, time, and again.

Cornyn is actually the latest incumbent to fall to a

Trump-back candidate. Congressman from Kentucky Thomas Massey was defeated last week.

Senator for Louisiana Bill Cassidy lost a few days just before that and

don't forget several Indiana state senators went down earlier this very month.

That could come at a huge cost in November, especially in places like Texas.

Now, Democrats believe their nominee, James Teller Rico, has a real opening against Paxton.

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