Nominees for key Senate seat to be set while voters choose in congressional contests reshaped by GOP gerrymander<\/p>\n
The first votes of the 2026 midterm cycle will be cast on Tuesday, with a pair of high-stakes US Senate primaries in Texas that will test both parties\u2019 appetite for political change in the Trump era.<\/p>\n
Voters across the state will decide their nominees for a critical Senate seat, as well as for several key congressional contests reshaped by a mid-decade gerrymander sought by Donald Trump to preserve the GOP\u2019s fragile House majority.<\/p>\n
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