‘Highest ever’: Enten on TX primaries’ huge political shifts

Democratic turnout in Tuesday’s Texas main reached file ranges, as extra voters participated within the occasion’s main than within the Republican one. While extra votes are nonetheless to be counted, greater than 2.2 million votes have already been tallied within the Democratic main for US Senate, a aggressive race received by state Rep. James Talarico over US Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

Turnout within the Republican main, the place Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pressured a runoff with GOP Sen. John Cornyn, was additionally sturdy. The greater than 2.1 million GOP votes is that occasion’s largest midterm main turnout and is presently solely behind the presidential years of 2024 and 2016.

0:00 CNN chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten wowed by file Texas turnout
3:11 What do the prediction markets say in regards to the GOP main runoff?
4:48 Cornyn and Paxton headed to dramatic GOP Senate runoff

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