Democrats won the Texas governor's race, the attorney general's office and control of the state House, according to reporting by The Texas Tribune. Gina Hinojosa, a former Austin ISD school board president, became the first Democrat to win the governor's seat since 1990 after campaigning on protecting public schools.
Hinojosa has pledged to remove Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath from his job on her first day in office and to end state takeovers of school districts. The story notes that several of the policies she opposed are written into state law, so changing them would require the Legislature.
Democratic Lt. Gov. Vikki Goodwin is expected to help advance the agenda, and Democrats hold a House majority. Republicans still hold a majority in the Senate, where they can approve or reject Hinojosa's appointees and affect Democratic priority bills.