Hinojosa’s victory over Abbott, a three-term incumbent, triggers a political earthquake in a state that has not elected a Democrat to the governor’s mansion since 1990.
Are you a Texan? This feels like you don’t know the state very well.
Texas has had far more democratic governors than republican governors. The solid red trend started in 1995, and it has stayed that way largely due to the manipulation of modern conservatives. There is absolutely no guarantee that it won’t switch blue again for a long time if they deal with the corruption, or start flip flopping again like it did from the 70’s to the 90’s.
Most of those Democratic governor’s were the conservatives of the day, though. They saw the state through slavery, the Confederacy, Jim Crow and the Klan, and became Republicans after the the Civil Rights Act and Southern Strategy.
Are you a Texan? This feels like you don’t know the state very well.
Texas has had far more democratic governors than republican governors. The solid red trend started in 1995, and it has stayed that way largely due to the manipulation of modern conservatives. There is absolutely no guarantee that it won’t switch blue again for a long time if they deal with the corruption, or start flip flopping again like it did from the 70’s to the 90’s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Texas
Texas is more complicated than people think it is. We are a secret swing state, and the chance for that to matter again has finally been seized.
Most of those Democratic governor’s were the conservatives of the day, though. They saw the state through slavery, the Confederacy, Jim Crow and the Klan, and became Republicans after the the Civil Rights Act and Southern Strategy.
No, I’m not a Texan. My ex-wife was Texan though, and as you know no ex-texan can stop talking about Texas.
So…you’re saying…all your ex’s live in Texas?