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At the 2012 Texas Democratic Party Convention in Houston, delegates elected Gilberto Hinojosa as the new chair of the state party. Hinojosa is a former school board trustee, district judge, and county judge from Cameron County . [ 21 ]
For about a hundred years, from after Reconstruction until the 1990s, the Democratic Party dominated Texas politics, making it part of the Solid South.In a reversal of alignments, since the late 1960s, the Republican Party has grown more prominent.
Founded in 1828, the Democratic Party is the oldest active voter-based political party in the world. The party has changed significantly during its nearly two centuries of existence. Once known as the party of the "common man", the early Democratic Party stood for individual rights and state sovereignty, and opposed banks and high tariffs.
In its first century, Texas was a Democratic bastion in the mold of the "Solid South", only voting for another party once–– in 1928, when anti-Catholic sentiment against Democrat nominee Al Smith drove Texas' largely-Protestant electorate to back Republican Herbert Hoover. A gradual trend towards increasing social liberalism in the ...
Democratic March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 14th: San Antonio: Elected in 1918. Lost re-election. Charles K. Bell: Democratic March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 8th: Fort Worth: Elected in 1892. Retired. Chris Bell: Democratic January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 25th: Houston: Elected in 2002. Redistricted to the 9th district and lost renomination ...
(The Center Square) – After Republicans won races statewide, especially in South Texas, the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa, said he plans to resign next year after ...
Prior to the mid-20th century, Texas was essentially a one-party state, and the Democratic primary was viewed as "the real election". The Democratic Party had conservative and liberal factions, which became more pronounced after the New Deal. [192] Additionally, several factions of the party briefly split during the 1930s and 40s. [192]
Since the late-1960s, the Democratic Party—and American liberalism writ large—has been realigned around appeals to white-collar, highly-educated, often more affluent Americans who tend to live ...