> That will certainly be brought up in the campaign, but it was brought up in his House races and the Senate race and didn't seem to have much of an impact.

A very actively contested Presidential primary isn't the same thing as a House or Senate race, and he didn't win the Senate race, either.

That's true. I mostly meant that it isn't a new development, it's been in the news before.

It was a close race, and he lost. That seems like an impact.

A Democrat losing in a race in Texas isn't exactly a shocking development.

And he did significantly better than most people and polls expected he'd do. 3 points, getting more votes than Hillary and Obama in a midterm year through persuasion more than turnout.

This after that, therefore because of that-you say?