Connor Greene reports in Time that the 2026 elections turned Texas blue, with Democrats winning every statewide race — Gina Hinojosa upset Governor Greg Abbott to become the state's first Latina governor and first Democrat in the office since the 1990s — and taking the state House for the first time in over two decades, though the Senate, top courts, and railroad commission remain Republican. Experts and incoming officials say the sweep could soon reshape immigration enforcement, data center growth, education policy, abortion enforcement, and LGBTQ+ restrictions.