What Went Down At Biden’s State Of The Union And Texas’s Primary Election

And just an update on the delays in Harris County. Earlier tonight, the Texas secretary of state put out a statement saying the office was “closely monitoring” the situation and that the secretary of state’s office “stands ready to assist Harris County election officials […] in complying with the Texas Election Code requirements.” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also released a statement, blaming Democrats for the delays in Harris County.

As for whom Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may face in the likely Republican primary runoff, it seems Land Commissioner George P. Bush has put a little distance between him and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman. Bush now leads her by about 4 points for that second spot, 22 percent to 18 percent, with about three-fourths of the vote counted, according to the New York Times. Rep. Louie Gohmert is just behind Guzman in fourth place with 17 percent.

One potentially endangered GOP incumbent we’ve been monitoring is Rep. Van Taylor, who has come under fire from the right for voting to certify the 2020 election results and backing the establishment of a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. As things stand, he could just squeak out an outright win in the primary in the 3rd District — or end up in a runoff by the narrowest of margins. Right now, Taylor has 51 percent with about 92 percent reporting, according to the AP. Should he end up with just shy of a majority, it looks like former Collin County Judge Keith Self, sitting at 26 percent, would advance to face him.