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We are keeping with a theme this week, red states with competitive Senate races.
Today, Texas, a huge state where huge amounts of money are pouring in to both the governors and the Senate race there.
Democrats have their hopes up in both cases.
Are they headed for another disappointment?
It's the NPR Politics Podcast.
I'm Miles Parks.
I cover voting.
I'm Ashley Lopez.
I also cover voting.
And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.
And Domenico, you are talking to us from Texas right now.
I have to imagine there are just campaign ads everywhere.
There are campaign ads everywhere.
You know, the TV markets here have been flooded.
I'm in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Frisco, which is one of the...
You know, booming cities in America,