Democrat James Talarico won a U.S. Senate race in Texas over Republican Ken Paxton, the state's attorney general. Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, according to the report. Democrats also won the lieutenant governor and attorney general offices and flipped some U.S. House seats, the story said. It said Texas Democrats had not won a statewide race since 1994.
The report said voters were frustrated over high prices and concerned about government corruption. It said Democrats also won back counties along the Mexico border, where Republicans had gained ground with Hispanic voters. Republicans had redrawn the congressional map, the story said.
Talarico said the win was for Texans who wondered whether anyone was listening. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, wrote on social media that a Democratic sweep of Texas statewide races would remove one of the anchors of the modern GOP and called it a huge loss for Republicans. The story said Hinojosa would be the state's first Latina governor.