Here's whether Texas could go blue as midterms approach, Trump visits state again
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[0:00] President Trump is two-stepping around
[0:02] Texas today, rallying for Republican
[0:04] Senate candidate Ken Paxton and Corpus
[0:06] Christi and Levik. Paxton is facing an
[0:08] increasingly tough competition from
[0:09] Democratic candidate James Taler Rico.
[0:12] Already 5 million votes have been cast
[0:13] in the Lone Star State. Just over a
[0:15] quarter of registered voters. So to get
[0:18] an idea of the key issues voters are
[0:19] looking into, I am joined now by
[0:21] politics reporter Kayla Guo from the
[0:23] Texas Tribune. Kayla, thanks for being
[0:25] here. This is the president's third
[0:27] visit this month. What is making this
[0:29] race so tight?
[0:32] >> Yeah, you're right. President Trump has
[0:33] been to deep red Texas many times this
[0:35] month. This Senate race has been
[0:37] extraordinarily competiti