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
The problem is that Trump pissed the rest of the world off so much that the rest of the world isn’t going to prop you up anymore. Over the next few years you’re going to lose your central role in international banking, your military contracts, your media dominance, etc. Things are going to be rough regardless of who’s in charge, and while we’re aware that that will mean that you’ll just elect another variety of populist authoritarian, we’ll be ready for it next time.
Exactly. They are putting pressure on us to deal with our shit rather than enable its bad behavior. Exactly like they should be doing.