The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local GOP offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Republican for president in a century.
The longtime leader of the Texas Democratic Party is stepping down. Gilberto Hinojosa's announcement Friday comes after another election cycle of lopsided defeats for Texas Democrats.
Donald Trump built his presidential campaign around a sweeping immigration crackdown going far beyond the restrictions that defined his first term. And the president elect vowed to dive right in on his first day in office,
Most U.S. counties shifted at least a little bit to the right on Election Day compared to 2020, but of the 15 that have lurched the farthest over the past two presidential elections, 14 are majority Hispanic or Latino. Thirteen of those are in Texas, and the 14th is Florida’s Miami-Dade, one of the most populous counties in the country.
In the end, it wasn’t close at all. On election night, Texans handed sweeping victories to the Republican Party that controls the state, and in particular its ascendant MAGA faction. As Vice