Joseph Axe

So on the Republican side, you've got the incumbent, John Cornyn, who's been in the Senate for a long time.

And his main challenger is the attorney general, Ken Paxton, who is a real MAGA warrior in a way that Cornyn isn't.

On the Democratic side, you've also got a really interesting race between James Tallarico.

He's a state lawmaker who has gotten a lot of attention for reaching out to conservatives across the aisle.

And his opponent is Jasmine Crockett.

She's a member of the U.S.

House of Representatives.

And she's gotten a lot of national attention herself for these kind of viral confrontations with members of the Trump administration.

So for Republicans, they're going to be looking to see, do their voters want, you know, someone in kind of the mold of Trump, right?

A true MAGA believer.

And then on the Democratic side...

You know, the same kind of idea, right?

They want someone who's going to try to make a bit more of an appeal to moderate voters, independent voters, dissatisfied Trump voters.