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NTX Now · Yesterday · 14 min

How Texas turned blue

Senator-elect James Talarico and governor-elect Gina Hinojosa are the first Democrats to win statewide office in Texas since the 1990s. Democrats won up and down the ballot, including the lieutenant governor and attorney general races. This turns the country's biggest Republican stronghold into a much more complicated place. KERA's managing editor Paul DeBenedetto and TCU political science professor Keith Gaddie join us to break it all down.

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Senator-elect James Talarico and governor-elect Gina Hinojosa are the first Democrats to win statewide office in Texas since the 1990s. Democrats won up and down the ballot, including the lieutenant governor and attorney general races. This turns the country's biggest Republican stronghold into a much more complicated place. KERA's managing editor Paul DeBenedetto and TCU political science professor Keith Gaddie join us to break it all down.