(KWTX) – Polls are open and several key races from the March primary are headed to a runoff on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Among them, the closely watched race for U.S. Senate, with incumbent John Cornyn facing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n
KWTX spoke with Ashley Cruseturner, a history professor at McLennan Community College. <\/p>\n
He says a sitting president endorsing a challenger against a senator who\u2019s held the seat for more than 20 years is something that could end up in the history books. <\/p>\n
He added\u2014whoever President Donald Trump backs in the primary could gain a major advantage with Republican voters.<\/p>\n
Cruseturner shares how this election will set up the playing field against Democrat James Talarico headed into November. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt looks close, and I\u2019m not going to say it\u2019s not going to happen. It\u2019s going to happen at some point\u2014Texas is going to elect a Democrat to a statewide office sometime before it\u2019s all over. It could be this time. The Talarico campaign\u2014it seems very different. He\u2019s a different kind of person. He\u2019s got appeal in a lot of different areas,” Cruseturner said. <\/p>\n
He believes another race to watch is the Republican runoff for Texas Attorney General\u2014Congressman Chip Roy versus State Senator Mayes Middleton. <\/p>\n
He notes the AG\u2019s office has increasingly become a stepping stone to national politics.<\/p>\n
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