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Democrats seize power in Texas, ending decades of GOP dominance (lemmy.nz)

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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

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[-] Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world 4 points 34 minutes ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago)

This is the good news people could have consistently and all over, when enough people show up to vote for the platform that has most policies people want when polled. Don't fall for propaganda against healthcare for example, or fall for the fear about minorities and vote against healthcare. Stop doing that every other time or ever ideally, and stay the course for long-term stability with proven policies people want.

[-] subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 21 minutes ago

Do it again in two years. Call your new representatives. Regularly. This is only the beginning. The work starts now.

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 minutes ago

Republicans waking up this morning:

[-] GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 hour ago

[-] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 3 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 53 minutes ago)

A Democratic woman won in Texas yoohoooo I can't believe so many good news this year!

Orban out
Vucic out
Bolsonaro defeated again

[-] Taco2112@lemmy.world 26 points 3 hours ago

Lt. Gov. Vikki Goodwin will oversee the Senate, a role Dan Patrick has wielded with an iron fist. But Republicans are expected to maintain a majority of that chamber, and already, there’s talk of finding ways to curb her authority on crucial roles like deciding what legislation to bring to the floor of the chamber.

Don’t try and govern or make things better for your constituents. Instead use parliamentary bullshit to ignore the voters and continue down the path that got you here today.

[-] Electricblush@lemmy.world 4 points 37 minutes ago

If you turn politics into a team sport its more important that your team wins then actually doing the job. Its repulsive.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 55 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours 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.

[-] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Her victory speech specifically mentioned an end to no bid contracting.

[-] Amuro_eat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 hours ago

End it and have Abbott investigated

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Say what you will but Texas turned blue because diesel was too expensive.

[-] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 hours ago

Hating Ken Paxton is pretty non-partisan. Fuel prices weren't even mentioned in like 90% of campaign ads here.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

Corruption is a MUCH bigger issue than this race acknowledged. We will NEVER get our country under control until this out-of-control corruption is ended, and that will only happen with the end of MAGA. One of the reasons Ken Paxton lost is because he's a Great Value version of Trump, so voting against him felt a lot like voting against Trump. It didn't help that Talarico was the kind of candidate that people WANT to vote for.

[-] Hanrahan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

sure, but so is hating Cruz and yet...

[-] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 46 points 5 hours ago

The new congressional map Republicans drew yielded them no gains — in fact, they lost one seat overall.

It still allowed them to minimize the loss to only one member of the House; of their five attempts, they successfully flipped the 32nd district Republican.

[-] cruseo@piefed.world 12 points 4 hours ago

It’s a little more complicated than that. It’s not just a matter of net gains and losses of seats, it also is important to consider which races were one by Democrats. They were all in very important districts in the states. Not to mention that the losses were within a hair. They were all extremely close, not something we had in 2024. It’s a very strong indicator that the entire country is swinging back to the left.

Take Florida for example: Democrats lost both the governor’s race and the Senators race, but they were very very very very close. The last time those seats were up for election, there was a pretty big gap between Democrats and Republicans. Not so much anymore. Plus, in Florida, we picked up three Democratic house seats, two of which were in gerrymandered districts, yet Dems won anyway.

I remember the last time Florida was a blue state… It was a much better place to live. And although we have a GOP governor and senators, the rest of the state is definitely shifting back to the left. A lot. 2028 will be extremely interesting indeed.

[-] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Florida does seem headed back to where they were in the 90's when I left for which I'm glad. I'll probably end up buying some property down there to retire and it would be nice if the state was sane again

[-] cruseo@piefed.world 6 points 3 hours ago

I lived in Orlando from 01-07, and it was a pretty cool place. artsy with a good night life and LGBTQ scene. I moved back from NYC a couple of years ago, and wow is this place dead. Ron Desantis and his particular brand of Trumpism has had a huge impact on the culture of the city.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

Fascism can't stand diversity, culture, humor, education, complexity or empathy. What makes a good night life? The very things they can't stand and will actively work to destroy. Sorry to hear that Orlando went dark in the face of oppression.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 5 hours ago

Size power implies the opposite of what happened. The people chose.

[-] Stormy@thelemmy.club 31 points 5 hours ago

That's true, but look at the source. The texas tribune always implys bullshit to manipulate the dumb fuck gullible old people there.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Those dumb fuck gullible old people unfortunately include my parents and extended family

[-] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago

I agree with the semantics, but this is the term media uses to describe election wins, this isn’t specific to this paper or this story

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2026/texas-election-results/

James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa secured state-altering wins while the Democrats seized control of Congress

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

What a weird nit to pick.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

You can seize power legally. Just because it can also be done illegally or by force, doesn't mean it has to imply that.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

A red wave wouldn’t be described the same

[-] warbond@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Technically, sure, but I still don't like the connotation so I won't be using it that way.

[-] Corn@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago

A revolution is when the people seize power.

[-] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago

First order for Texas, fix the power grid before they freeze again this winter.

[-] Amuro_eat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 hours ago

I’m still in shock. wtf i love Texas now. Thank you for getting rid of that fucking embittered little legless piece of shit

[-] mcv@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

What about the Texas state legislature? Were those part of this election?

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