71 Million Spent Barely Won Runoff Awaits

A single Republican Senate primary in Texas just burned through nearly 100 million dollars—more than the entire GDP of some small countries—and the guy who spent 71 million barely beat the guy who spent less than 5 million. They're both headed to a runoff now, which means another 12 weeks of this before anyone even gets to the actual election in November. Meanwhile in North Carolina, a Democratic former governor who's never lost since the 80s is up 10 points against Trump's handpicked candidate, but Democrats haven't won a Senate race there since 2008—so either the economic anxiety voters keep talking about finally matters or we're about to watch another expensive loss in real time.