Betting markets have shifted following Tuesday's primary.

Despite President Donald Trump demanding that Majority Leader John Thune find some way to pass a voter ID bill in the Senate, Republicans in the chamber maintain they do not have the support to change Senate rules to bypass the filibuster.

HOUSTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - With Republicans defending a narrow Senate majority, a messy Texas primary threatens to turn one of the party’s safest seats into an unexpected battleground for control of Congress - a scenario incumbent John Cornyn warns would be the “kiss of death” for Republicans in Texas.

The GOP and Democratic primaries mark a potential litmus test for what direction base voters want their parties to go ahead of midterm elections this fall that will determine power in Congress.

As voting ⁠continued, the tally in the 100-member ⁠chamber was 52-47 not to advance the war powers resolution. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Additional ⁠reporting by Richard Cowan and Noland D. McCaskill;