One of our local newsrooms, The Waco Bridge, has its own results page. You can see Democrats there taking an early lead down-ballot. Waco is part of McLennan County, one of those ruby-red counties. It's stunning to see Republicans trailing in early results there.

Nic Garcia works with teams of editors and reporters who live across the state to tell the story of Texas and their local communities from city halls, classrooms and farm-to-market roads. He is a proud...