Texas primaries offer another glimpse at how well GOP should perform in the midterm elections

The Texas primaries offered us a first real glimpse into what the national environment in the 2022 midterm elections will look like. Turns out, things look as bleak for Democrats as has been predicted all along.

Republicans had a much higher turnout during the primary for governor than they had in 2018. They also outvoted Democrats in primaries for statewide offices 2-to-1, a notable improvement from the 1.5-to-1 difference in the 2018 primaries. Democrats had roughly the same turnout as in 2018, but Republicans added about 400,000 voters.