I know one Texan who will vote for Trump. Also voted for Cruz. Won’t do that again. Well, I won’t say “never”. If he’s running for re-election against an establishment prick like last time then I’d vote against Cruz’s opponent.
With the Scotus pick up for grabs, we cannot afford to lose the Senate. That’s one good reason NOT to pick Ted Cruz for either VP or the Scotus slot.
If we lose the Senate, the new Senate will get seated on 3 January, iirc. The new president, if it is Trump, will not be seated until 20 January.
That would give Obama a little less than 3 weeks to appoint the scalia replacement with a democrat senate. Using the nuclear option, they could do it.
We MUST keep the Senate.