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Texas Senate Race: How Did Your County Vote?

Democrats led in the governor and Senate contests as turnout topped 7.7 million votes, according to Texas election officials.

  • Early election results Tuesday night show Democratic candidates leading in high-profile Texas races for U.S. Senate and governor, as results from The Associated Press begin rolling in.
  • More than 7.7 million Texans cast ballots before Election Day, representing over 40% of the state's 19 million registered voters, driven by a substantial surge in early voting participation.
  • Democrat James Talarico leads the U.S. Senate race with 59% of the vote, while Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa holds just over 57% in the gubernatorial contest against incumbent Governor Greg Abbott.
  • Democrats also secured early leads in races for lieutenant governor, attorney general, and land commissioner, with state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt and state Sen. Nathan Johnson outpacing Republican opponents in preliminary counts.
  • Republicans have won every statewide election in Texas for more than three decades; if these early Democratic leads hold, they could disrupt a political trend that has defined the state for generations.
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Our journalist Jessica Gourdon is in Austin, Texas, where Democratic candidate James Talarico was elected to the Senate, a first since 1994. In the same state, Democratic Gina Hinojosa also won the post of governor.

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Is Texas a blue state now? Here's what James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa's wins mean

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Trump bet on Ken Paxton and lost. Also Governor Abbott must go. A historical sensation in the republican country.

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AUSTIN — Voters across East Texas helped decide high-profile statewide executive and congressional contests on Tuesday. A majority of residents voted blue, flipping many of the high-profile seats including the

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