Six Charts that Explain How Texas’ Suburbs Became a Midterm Battleground
Population growth and shifting voter coalitions have turned suburban counties into a key test for control of the U.S. Senate and local offices.
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Six charts that explain how Texas’ suburbs became a midterm battleground
By Apurva Mahajan and Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune October 28, 2026 Texas’ booming suburbs have been a hard-fought political battleground for several cycles. How they vote in next week’s election could decide the state’s marquee races, including the U.S. Senate, and scores of critical legislative contests. Read more: Six charts that explain how…
In Texas, a long-undisputed republican bastion, the mid-term elections announced more uncertain than expected. The battle is expected to be particularly bitter in the four counties that make up the suburbs of Dallas and Forth Worth, which comprise more than seven million people out of the nearly 32 in Texas.
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