Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas are holding primaries Tuesday. Here's what to know
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Voters in three states will be going to the polls on Tuesday, with a four-term incumbent senator in Texas seeking to fend off a primary challenge from his state's starkly conservative attorney general while Democrats will be choosing their own candidate in hopes of breaking their decadeslong losing streak in the state.
Voters in three states will be going to the polls on Tuesday, with a four-term incumbent senator in Texas seeking to fend off a primary challenge from his state's starkly conservative attorney general while Democrats will be choosing their own candidate in hopes of breaking their decadeslong losing streak in the state.
There will also be contests held in North Carolina and Arkansas. Here's what to know about the races:
Democrats' attempt to win statewide office for the first time since 1994 may hinge on which candidates make it out of Tuesday's primaries where partisan infighting on both sides has spiraled for weeks.
At the top of mind is the Senate seat held since 2002 by GOP Sen. John Cornyn, a well established leader in Washington who's at risk of becoming the first elected incumbent in the chamber since 2012 to lose his nomination for re-election.
That turmoil on the Republican side may create an opening for Democrats to win in a way they haven't been able to realistically consider in years- but their voters are also being roiled by a primary of their own that could upend momentum on the left.
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