As Talarico and Hinojosa exited the Whataburger, the newly elected Democratic Comptroller, Sarah Eckhardt, mused on Texas’ seismic political turn. “We went into this (the night) not knowing,” she said. “I thought Talarico would win but everybody else was a question. It was too tight to call.” Texas voters obviously wanted an entire realignment of its political leaders. “I mean, this goes beyond party, goes beyond a specific candidate.” You don’t see a win like this just with Democrat. Republicans voted for a change also.”