(C) Texas Tribune This story was originally published by Texas Tribune and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . TribCast [1] ['Eleanor Klibanoff', 'More Eleanor Klibanoff', 'Law', 'Politics Reporter', 'The Texas Tribune', 'Dylan Baddour', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline'] Date: 2025-10-21 Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy , and give us feedback In this week’s episode of The Texas Tribune’s political podcast, Matthew and Eleanor are joined by Tribune D.C. reporter Gabby Birenbaum and radio host Chad Hasty to unpack the three candidates vying to be the Republican nominee for Senate in 2026. Watch the video above, or subscribe to the TribCast on iTunes, Spotify, or RSS. New episodes every Tuesday. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/21/tribcast-senate-paxton-cornyn-hunt/ Published and (C) by Texas Tribune Content appears here under this condition or license: Used with Permission: https://www.texastribune.org/republishing-guidelines/. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/texastribune/