https://www.texastribune.org/2026/11/04/texas-democrats-blue-wave-no-spaces-short/

Gov. Greg Abbott, the most powerful and well-resourced governor in modern Texas history, was unseated by Gina Hinojosa.

Attorney General Ken Paxton, who in past elections cast off impeachment, indictment and infidelities, fell to James Talarico in his bid for the U.S. Senate.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the iron-fisted ruler of the Texas Senate, went down to a little known state representative.

Republicans lost the attorney general’s office, one of the most influential conservative legal positions in the country. The new congressional map Republicans drew yielded them no gains — in fact, they lost one seat overall.

…nothing could have prepared either side for what happened Tuesday night — a full flip of statewide political control on a scale unseen in this state since Reconstruction

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    First thing Gina should do is end the declared state of emergency that Abbott still had in effect at the border. You know the border he bragged about “fixing” so often? So why the state of emergency you ask? Oh because with that in effect it allowed him and his allies to hand out no bid contracts.

    Yeah we didn’t talk about thst enough.