<p><em><strong>Matthew Wilson</strong></em>, political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, sets up the fierce primaries, Democratic and Republican, for the Senate in Texas.  Incumbent Republican John Cornyn is facing a battle from his right from state Attorney General Ken Paxton, and firebrand liberal Rep. Jasmine Crockett is challenging James Talarico for the Democrats.  No Democrat has won a Texas Senate race since 1988.</p> <p>And <em><strong>Rob Christens</strong><strong>en</strong></em>, a former political journalist with the Raleigh <em>News &amp; Observer</em>, remembers Jim Hunt, the former four-term governor and a giant in North Carolina politics, who died last week.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>PLUS</strong></span>:  The Epstein Files are released (not), Elise Stefanik plans to stay and fight (not), and Trump gives his respects to Rob Reiner (not).</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Music in this Episode: </strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dynMUeKLCOA">Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo">U Can&#8217;t Touch This by M.C. Hammer</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LFXEfbxdw">A Well Respected Man by The Kinks</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.krpoliticaljunkie.com/episode-427-jasmine-crockett-arriving-jim-hunt-departed/">Episode #427: Jasmine Crockett, Arriving; Jim Hunt, Departed.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.krpoliticaljunkie.com">Ken Rudin&#039;s Political Junkie</a>.</p>