Nervous Republicans await results at Paxton’s Texas election party

In a couple of hours, this room is going to be packed with anxious Republicans hoping that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is elected to represent them in the US Senate. Now, this race between Paxton and Democrat James Tallarico has been a nail biter, which is super rare in a state like Texas that is so red and has elected Donald Trump the last few times. So it's been interesting to see that. This race has also been super expensive. We're talking like half a billion dollars spent on advertising. On both sides of the aisle here with this race, which has also shown just how high the stakes really are. Paxton's obviously been backed by President Trump, but Tallarico has been trying to pull in some support, obviously from Democrats, but also independents and even some Republicans here in Texas who are just frustrated with the state of things around here. I actually talked to many Republicans who said this is the first time they're going to be voting for a Democrat. In a long time, if ever, different polls showed different things. Some polls showed a really tight race. Other polls showed Tallarico with a lead. We're just going to wait and see how it comes out after those votes are counted. But we do know there are a lot of votes. Early voter turnout in Texas was huge this year. We're talking record breaking. More than 7 million Texans voted early. So that itself shows that this race has very high stakes for the people who live here.