Democrat James Talarico is projected to win a Senate seat in Texas, defeating Republican Ken Paxton and delivering his party their first big Lone Star state win in decades, according to a projection by Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
I never thought I’d see the day Texas flipped blue. I’m so happy.
As a progressive Christian, I’m SO THANKFUL to finally see a US politician who doesn’t wield his faith as a tool of division and hate but as an inspiration for change that helps people in need. I wish him all the success at flipping tables and fighting the power.
All that money elon flushed down the toilet could have been used to feed people or house people.
Shit, I think I drank my [Texas elects a democrat to statewide office] bottle of rum already
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Hey Lemmy: No more making fun of my state anymore. We’re blue now. We finally fucking did it. Lol.
WA here, I will spread the word that there is now a moratorium on calling yall the One Star State. Well done today, Texas!!
Thank you for your service. As someone who lived for a bit near Seattle, much love.
Sincerely, congrats. Enjoy this feeling. Well done.
God I never thought I’d see this. Genuinely emotional
We pretended you were on the ballot, sir!
It was… super effective!
Holy shit. It’s real.
Blexas is really happening!
I’m out of town/timezone at the moment, so nice to wake up and see this. Not just a win, but a resounding win.
Holy shitballs those margins are the size of Jupiter lol
I’m over here wondering how Mississippi is so close
And democrats didn’t even spend money there
wtf aren’t they usually an anchor state, always at least 90% red?
Last republican senator was elected in the 1980s. So yeah this is a huge deal.
They were saying Kansas’s was like 1930-1939 or some shit, yet they appear to have actually put one in according to the numbers out so far. Crazy to think 2 World Wars, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq (multiple times), (should mention all the South America shit but the list is getting to long) never considered a change but now something has sparked some kind of change for them
Holyyyy shit!
Florida is more surprising to me.
Florida has gone to the right in the last 10 years but before that they always swung back and forth.
Like if you look at who Florida voted for, it was pretty much who won president except the Trump 2020 election.
Election Year Winning Candidate Party Margin of Victory
1960 John F. Kennedy D -0.2%
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson D +27.0%
1968 Richard Nixon R +5.0%
1972 Richard Nixon R +27.0%
1976 Jimmy Carter D +1.9%
1980 Ronald Reagan R +10.0%
1984 Ronald Reagan R +20.0%
1988 George H.W. Bush R +10.0%
1992 Bill Clinton D +2.0%
1996 Bill Clinton D +5.0%
2000 George W. Bush R +0.01%
2004 George W. Bush R +5.0%
2008 Barack Obama D +2.8%
2012 Barack Obama D +0.9%
2016 Donald Trump R +1.2%
2020 Donald Trump R +3.4%
2024 Donald Trump R +13.1%
Holy fuck that’s not even close
This is the best news I’ve woken up to all year.
Bye Abbott!
somewhere Conan is suddenly suspicious and looking for Rudd
I’m loving Abbot getting the boot too. Eat shit asshole
When is Cruz’s ass up for re-election? I’d love for Jasmine Crocket to take the other seat. Plus Cruz being felled by a black woman would be delicious.
Just want to say one last time that Greg Abbot is a piss baby.
I always thought Abbott was an ineffective governor, and that the only reason he’s been in office this long is that the Texas governor’s election is always in off-years, when people who have trouble getting to the voting booths are even less likely to go.
First time hearing about that ladder-pulling discount-Davros scumbag and feeling joy for a change.
Whoa, an undisputable majority
FUCK YEAH! Who knew Texas had a backbone. #GoBlue!
Hell that’s not even the most surprising win of the night, too. These margins are fucking BRUTAL, though!
Oh, wanna add, it’s not just Talarico win but a Paxton loss. Could not happen to a worse person, I hope he fades into obscurity.
Isn’t it so wonderful that Paxton can fuck off now, he really is just human shit.
Proud of Texas. All it took was a very bad blizzard, A bad governor. And some ice.
I might go visit.
Most of us don’t suck. I keep hearing this rhetoric that because I live here, because I was born ans raised here, that I am a fool or complicit.
I am trans, hispanic, and atheist and I can’t leave for many reasons, but amongst those reasons are because
this. Is. My. Home.
I love my city, my culture, my Home. I will fight in the face of the worst of us because I know we can be better here.
Do not damn us all, we’re fighting
Good job!! Me and my uterus abandoned Texas years ago, and every time my daughters ask me when we can move to Texas to be with the rest of our family I tell them never.
Maybe that can change now.
As a northerner, my fear and hate of southerners is confined to republicans and what they’ve done with the place. That y’all we’re able to turn it blue is cause for shocking celebration. Maybe this place (the US) does have a future. There’s still gonna be a huge fight because of course there will be, but a huge congratulations are definitely in order. Maybe if things continue to change, I, too, will be able to travel, and go see parts of the country I’ve never seen and honestly didn’t expect to ever be able to.
Hell… fucking… Yeah… I’ve been saying for 20 years that Texas was winnable we just needed to invest in good candidates. Everyone kept saying i was delusional. People without any awareness of what Texas is culturally view it like its Alabama, when its more like Wisconsin (fiercely independent and down to earth), IMO.
I’m fighting with you in Texas too!
I’ve frequently felt that there are good people in Texas. You all fought well. Keep them in check. Here in my state of KY, I sadly have to keep fighting. From the depths of my soul, thank you for fighting.
Kentucky native now a Texan. I always check up on you guys with a little bit of hope. Keep fighting. If we can do it in Texas you can turn the grass blue again, I believe it.
<3 I blame the racists here for our loss. But thank goodness we flipped the district. Please investigate our state as much as you can. Especially with all that nonsense with Mitch the Bitch.
I’ve got family in Texarkana (both sides of the border!) that definitely did not help and I had kind of sworn off the state altogether but I can reconsider now.
I’ll buy you a beer!
Hell yeah! And I’ll buy you a mint julep! (Much love from KY)
I may take them off my do not travel list.
Blue nuke!
Wow, I’ll take some good news even if a little premature. How nice of Elon Musk’s few hundred million spent in Texas was completely wasted.
Elon keeps spending record amounts on campaigns and keeps losing. I love that for him.
If rather have his money being taxed, so he actually contributed his share to society, but the schadenfreude is tantalizing.
Nbc just called it a likely win for Talarico so that’s two diff orgs
I can’t fucking believe it. Holy shit way to go Texas
Looks like they are giving Hot Wheels the boot too!
Live feed from the governor’s office
My fellow Texans finally realized he was never going to stand up and fight for us.
oh don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll get elected to something else in 2 years when he inevitably runs again and idiot voters forget why they voted for a democrat this election.
What about the legislature? I keep hearing about how a big part of why Texas is always red is the gerrymandering and voter suppression laws. Will there be enough Democrats in the state congress to reverse that?
Could still be split or GOP congress. Still, Texas might be able to legalize weed.
If it’s like Georgia then that is still full of MAGA loonies
