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Texas is a majority Republican state with Republicans controlling every statewide office. [1] Texas Republicans have majorities in the State House and Senate, an entirely Republican Texas Supreme Court, control of both Senate seats in the US Congress. Texas is America's most-populous Republican state. [2]
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.
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 ...
Texas is America's most-populous Republican state. [3] Many commentators had suggested that Texas is trending Democratic since 2016, however, Republicans have continued to win every statewide office, albeit by reduced margins, as it was the third-closest state Republicans won in 2020.
(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 ...
(The Center Square) – Voters on Tuesday ushered in Republican judges to appellate courts statewide, marking another historic feat in Texas. They also flipped two courts to Republican majorities ...
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; State Comptroller of Public Accounts; State Land Commissioner; State Agriculture Commissioner; Treasurer (before 1996) The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State ...
(The Center Square) – Another longtime Texas Democrat has switched parties, joining the Republican Party, this time in the border county of Webb. Webb County flipped red in November, joining ...