Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Gov. Greg Abbott for governor Tuesday, denying the Republican a record fourth term and triggering a political earthquake in a state that has not seen a Democrat sit in the governor’s mansion this century.
Abbott conceded at 10 p.m. at his results watch party. He said he had just gotten off the phone with Hinojosa to congratulate her.
“I love our state. It has been an honor to serve it. And know that we are leaving Texas in far better shape than it’s ever been. Together, we’ve accomplished a lot,” he said.
With a populist campaign promise to revitalize public schools and purge state government of undue corporate and billionaire influence, Hinojosa overcame a more than four-to-one spending disparity to topple the three-term Republican incumbent as part of a blue wave that washed over a long drought-ridden state for Democrats.
Though he launched his reelection bid with the power of incumbency, seemingly limitless fundraising and extensive party infrastructure in place, Abbott was ultimately unable to withstand the intense political headwinds facing the GOP this cycle.
Holy FUCKING shit. I did NOT expect Texas of all places to go swing state. This is insane.
The prophecy has finally been fulfilled. Texas has been very purple for a long time, but the rigged system has kept it red. This victory shows that there is actually a significant majority of blue voters, and if they can start to fix the corruption, we will see just how blue it has really been.
I cant wait for all the
We added more places to vote and made it easier to do things like early voting
And the GOP melting down over it.
Dems: best I can do is nothing. Final offer.
They’ve been predicting this swing for years, expecting the growing Hispanic population to support Dems. Then they decided to support MAGA, and helped them win. Rather than reward them for it, MAGA punished them with the ugliest attacks on minorities we’ve had in our lifetimes, and the Hispanics turned around, again. Now the Republicans will probably never get them back, and Texas is likely to remain Purple, moving to Blue.
The Republicans are fucked. Their base will only primary in extremists and then they can’t win the general.
I expect Texas to be in play for a long time
AFAIK this would have happened way earlier if it wasn’t for the gerrymandering.
Also the influx of conservatives fleeing Democratic states over the last decade. The native Texan vote went to Beto in 2018 but the transplants tipped it for Cruz.
Yes it was sad that Beto didn’t win.
When you cheat and still fucking lose by a landslide 🤣🤣🤣
Texas always could. We just need to get the non voters off the bench and in the game. If we had 100% voting population Republicans wouldn’t win in any state.
Mandatory voting when??? We need that shit
The reason Republicans there are so aggressive is because they’re fighting tooth and nail to stay in power