How the Texas miracle happened
Tim Murphy's Mother Jones piece explains how Texas Democrats swept the 2025 midterms: Ken Paxton conceded the Senate race to James Talarico, Gina Hinojosa unseated Governor Greg Abbott, and Democrats are poised to flip all 17 statewide offices and take the Texas House for the first time since 2002. The article traces the long buildup—Beto O'Rourke's near-miss against Ted Cruz, a diversifying electorate—and argues that Democrats' disciplined, affordability-focused campaigns met a Texas GOP consumed by donor service, culture wars, and flawed candidates like Paxton, whose campaign was propped up by $212 million from Elon Musk.
