The Texas GOP Went Too Far, and It Cost the Party Everything
Texas Monthly argues the Texas GOP's 2025 overreach — Greg Abbott's voucher program, passed with billionaire Jeff Yass's backing, and a Trump-ordered mid-decade gerrymander meant to add five Republican congressmen — cost the party everything: the gerrymander lost Republicans a net seat and backfired in states like North Carolina, and Abbott lost the governorship to Gina Hinojosa. The magazine calls both initiatives big flops, counts Abbott's culling of pro-public-education Republicans among the reasons he lost, and predicts the voucher program will end under his successor.
