Democrats needed to flip 14 seats to win the lower chamber, which has been under Republican control since 2003. They were on track to easily clear that threshold.
Democrats flip Texas House amid generational wave
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Ken Paxton survived scandal after scandal. He couldn’t survive a Senate race.
The attorney general ran for Senate as a grudge match, and in the process helped give Democrats their first win in decades.
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Texas Republicans’ gerrymander backfires as Democrats gain ground in U.S. House delegation
Republicans lost two U.S. House seats they already controlled and flipped only one of their five gerrymander targets.
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Photos: Texans cast their ballots resulting in a historic Election Day
State Rep. James Talarico defeated Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa was elected to become Texas’s first Democratic governor since Ann Richards lost her reelection bid in 1994.
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Democrats seize power in Texas, ending decades of GOP dominance
Texas’ governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and every other statewide candidate fell, upending the state’s political power structure in one night.
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Shouting, honking and dancing: Revelers descend on Texas Capitol to celebrate Democratic wins
The election marked the first time many had witnessed a Democrat win a major election in Texas.
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Katy Padilla Stout, Democratic newcomer, flips West Texas congressional seat
Padilla Stout is the first Democrat to hold the seat in over a decade, besting right-wing Youtuber Brandon Herrera.
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Tejano musician Bobby Pulido unseats GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz, flipping key South Texas district
The self-styled “conservative Democrat” recaptured the 15th Congressional District four years after it flipped red, a blow to Republicans who tried to draw themselves more seats in the Rio Grande Valley.
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League City voters reject continued use of Flock cameras
The police department for the Houston-area suburb operates a system of 55 cameras.
