https://www.texastribune.org/2026/11/04/texas-democrats-blue-wave-no-spaces-short/
Gov. Greg Abbott, the most powerful and well-resourced governor in modern Texas history, was unseated by Gina Hinojosa.
Attorney General Ken Paxton, who in past elections cast off impeachment, indictment and infidelities, fell to James Talarico in his bid for the U.S. Senate.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the iron-fisted ruler of the Texas Senate, went down to a little known state representative.
Republicans lost the attorney general’s office, one of the most influential conservative legal positions in the country. The new congressional map Republicans drew yielded them no gains — in fact, they lost one seat overall.
…nothing could have prepared either side for what happened Tuesday night — a full flip of statewide political control on a scale unseen in this state since Reconstruction
It still allowed them to minimize the loss to only one member of the House; of their five attempts, they successfully flipped the 32nd district Republican.
It’s a little more complicated than that. It’s not just a matter of net gains and losses of seats, it also is important to consider which races were one by Democrats. They were all in very important districts in the states. Not to mention that the losses were within a hair. They were all extremely close, not something we had in 2024. It’s a very strong indicator that the entire country is swinging back to the left.
Take Florida for example: Democrats lost both the governor’s race and the Senators race, but they were very very very very close. The last time those seats were up for election, there was a pretty big gap between Democrats and Republicans. Not so much anymore. Plus, in Florida, we picked up three Democratic house seats, two of which were in gerrymandered districts, yet Dems won anyway.
I remember the last time Florida was a blue state… It was a much better place to live. And although we have a GOP governor and senators, the rest of the state is definitely shifting back to the left. A lot. 2028 will be extremely interesting indeed.
Swinging back to the middle at best
Florida does seem headed back to where they were in the 90’s when I left for which I’m glad. I’ll probably end up buying some property down there to retire and it would be nice if the state was sane again
I lived in Orlando from 01-07, and it was a pretty cool place. artsy with a good night life and LGBTQ scene. I moved back from NYC a couple of years ago, and wow is this place dead. Ron Desantis and his particular brand of Trumpism has had a huge impact on the culture of the city.
Fascism can’t stand diversity, culture, humor, education, complexity or empathy. What makes a good night life? The very things they can’t stand and will actively work to destroy. Sorry to hear that Orlando went dark in the face of oppression.
Most people don’t know how Berlin in the 1920’s was a hub of progressive politics, culture, and was even very pro-LGBT for it’s day.
Similar things happened there under the Nazis.
You’re spot on. The first Nazi book burning was in Berlin. The focus was on materials about LGBTQ+ research at the University:
“The first burning consisted mainly of LGBTQ books from the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute of Sexual Research), founded by the pioneering Jewish sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld as the first medical center devoted to the study of gender and sexuality.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings
They are the enemies of art and see it only as a means to more money.
Except the sea level. Don’t buy there, that place is done in the not so distant future.
Reading this as a permanent realignment is wrong-headed. This is one election where the electorate punished an extremely unpopular president. It’s unlikely we see another democratic win like this for some time.
What this tells me about Florida is that it is a far right state now. It’s about as red as South Carolina, Mississippi, or Montana. In an election where republicans aren’t as hated it will not be close.
I think I explained pretty clearly how the politics of states like Florida are anything but permanent and shouldn’t be taken for granted as such
I don’t see that in your comment at all but ok. My bigger point was the state isn’t swinging left, it’s continuing its shift to the right, that longer term change is just being masked by a temporary left electorate that came out this year.
You are factually incorrect. and it’s not just Florida that made a massive shift to the left… It’s pretty much the entire country.
FYI, the original source for that graphic was the AP, a very reliable source
I’m not denying that democrats won in 2026. Jesus people are so ignorant about how politics work it amazes me. This one election is not a trend. It’s a reflection of a specific mood among the electorate, reflecting the conditions that exist here today. It does not mean that Americans have suddenly become philosophically left overnight. You have to look over several years to see those types of changes. This is literal snowballs prove climate change isn’t real level logic.
Could this be the beginning of a seismic shift where things never go back right again? Anything is possible but that seems extremely unlikely. Trump is unpopular so 2028 could also be a pretty blue electorate but beyond that I expect reversion to the mean.
Florida did not move left as much as the rest of the country. Again, this means, setting aside this one election, that Florida over the long term is continuing to become more conservative over time.
Shifting the goal posts still doesn’t make you right.
At this point, you’re just arguing with established facts, and you’re clearly trolling.
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what do you mean by “flipped the 32nd district”? district numbers have no consistency after each redistricting. they just numbered a completely different district that happened to be Republican the 32nd.
‘Flip’ wasn’t the right word for it, but they ultimately still succeeded in replacing what would have been a Democratic member of the House with a Republican one.
no, the original area it covered became the 33rd and still sent a Democrat to the House