Democratic Sweep Reshapes Texas, Williamson County Politics

'High On Their Own Supply': Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Warns Democratic Sweep Could Lock GOP Out For Years

In the wreckage of an election night that shattered a generation of Republican dominance, Sen. Ted Cruz offered no sugarcoating. Sitting behind his studio mic on a recent episode of his “Verdict” podcast, the Texas Republican surveyed a transformed Washington and laid bare what he saw: a runaway opposition, a shattered congressional map, and a […] ‘High On Their Own Supply’: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Warns Democratic Sweep Could Lock GOP Out For Years

Democratic sweep reshapes Texas, Williamson County politics

Texas voters delivered a sweeping political reversal in the Nov. 3 general election, electing Democrats to the state's highest offices and ending more than three decades of Republican control of the ...

CARTOONS: Texas gets a blue makeover

Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.

Why a ‘Purple Tornado’ Swept Through Texas

Suzanne Bellsnyder, 53, was born and raised in Spearman, Texas (population 2,810), located in the state’s rural panhandle along the Oklahoma border, about an hour and a half’s drive from Amarillo, the closest city with a medical trauma center. For 30 years, Bellsnyder worked in the Texas Capitol in Austin and for Republican campaigns, helping paint the state red in 1998. When she was Greg Abbott’s field director during his first run for governor…

Chris Ekstrom Warned the Texas GOP for Years. He Was Right

Ekstrom warned Texas Republicans for years that their leaders were drifting from the base. On Nov. 3, Democrats swept every statewide race on the ballot.

Texas GOP Rout Vindicates Author who Predicted State Could Turn Blue

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Texas have revived interest in the state’s long history of populist and left-wing politics, giving renewed attention to David Griscom’s book The Myth of Red Texas, which argues that the state’s conservative image obscures a deeper tradition of political dissent.