Texas voters elect first Democratic senator and governor in decades

Key facts

• The report says Texas elected its first Democratic senator and governor in decades.
• The report says the swing was most pronounced in heavily Latino South Texas.
• The report attributes the shift to anger over immigration enforcement and higher prices.

Texas voters elected their first Democratic senator and governor in decades on November 4, 2026, with the largest shift in heavily Latino South Texas, according to the report. The report describes a 40-point rout in the border region, without giving vote totals or the offices' margins.

The report attributes the swing to voter anger over immigration enforcement and higher prices, after the region backed Trump in 2024. It gives no county-level results and names no candidates.