AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 6: Showtime's The Circus interview with state Senator Bryan Hughes at the Texas Statehouse on October 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Thao Nguyen/Showtime/PictureGroup) in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Thao Nguyen/SHOWTIMEJen Palmieri interviews state Senator Bryan Hughes on October 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Thao Nguyen/SHOWTIME
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 6: Showtime's The Circus interview with state Senator Bryan Hughes at the Texas Statehouse on October 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Thao Nguyen/Showtime/PictureGroup) in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Thao Nguyen/SHOWTIMEJen Palmieri interviews state Senator Bryan Hughes on October 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Thao Nguyen/SHOWTIME
Jen Palmieri interviews state Senator Bryan Hughes on October 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Thao Nguyen/SHOWTIMEJen Palmieri interviews state Senator Bryan Hughes on October 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Thao Nguyen/SHOWTIME
Jen Palmieri interviews state Senator Bryan Hughes on October 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Thao Nguyen/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann interviews Matt Dowd, former Republican strategist who is running as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor, in San Antonio, Texas on October 5, 2021 in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Ronald Cortes/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann interviews Matt Dowd, former Republican strategist who is running as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor, in San Antonio, Texas on October 5, 2021 in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Ronald Cortes/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann interviews Matt Dowd, former Republican strategist who is running as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor, in San Antonio, Texas on October 5, 2021 in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Ronald Cortes/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann interviews Matt Dowd, former Republican strategist who is running as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor, in San Antonio, Texas on October 5, 2021 in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Ronald Cortes/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann interviews Matt Dowd, former Republican strategist who is running as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor, in San Antonio, Texas on October 5, 2021 in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Ronald Cortes/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann interviews Matt Dowd, former Republican strategist who is running as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor, in San Antonio, Texas on October 5, 2021 in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Ronald Cortes/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann interviews Matt Dowd, former Republican strategist who is running as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor, in San Antonio, Texas on October 5, 2021 in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Ronald Cortes/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann interviews Matt Dowd, former Republican strategist who is running as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor, in San Antonio, Texas on October 5, 2021 in THE CIRCUS, "Lone Star Blues". Photo Credit: Ronald Cortes/SHOWTIME