The 2026 congressional races have barely begun, but in Texas the midterms start now. Since the state has an early March 3 primary, the filing date for 2026 candidates is today. That’s partly why the U.S. Supreme Court rushed last week to resolve the legal dispute over the Republicans’ Texas-gerrymandering push, giving Donald Trump a big boost by letting a map favoring the GOP go into effect. Now there’s been another Texas-elections bombshell, with Democrat Colin Allred abandoning a race that could help flip control of the U.S. Senate the same day Jasmine Crockett entered the race.

Texas Republicans appear headed to a fractious and insanely expensive three-way Senate primary involving incumbent Senator John Cornyn, MAGA favorite and state attorney general Ken Paxton, and U.S. representat

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