Democrats won Texas statewide elected offices including governor, attorney general, and state House control in the November 2026 election. Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa pledged to remove Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath and eliminate state takeovers of school districts, but Republican lawmakers maintain a state Senate majority.
Where
Statewide
When
Nov. 5, 2026
Sources
Reported by 3 outlets
Taxes and money
None stated in sources.
Who's involved
Gina HinojosaGovernor-elect, former Austin ISD school board president
Vikki GoodwinLieutenant Governor-elect
Mike MorathTexas Education Agency Commissioner
Ken PaxtonFormer Texas Attorney General
The facts
Gina Hinojosa became the first Democrat to win the Texas governor's seat since 1990.12Stated by 2 sources
Hinojosa pledged to remove Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath on her first day in office.12Stated by 2 sources
Democrats won control of the state House in the 2026 election.12Stated by 2 sources
Republicans maintain a majority in the state Senate.12Stated by 2 sources
The Texas Attorney General's office will be led by a Democrat for the first time since 1994.12Stated by 2 sources
Democrats won the state comptroller's office in the 2026 election.12Stated by 2 sources
The State Board of Education has 15 members and recently adopted measures requiring Bible stories in reading lessons.12Stated by 2 sources
Who said what
These are statements and claims made by the people involved. They are reported, not verified.
Gina Hinojosa We are taking our children's education back from a government that has failed them; schools will not be shuttered or suffocated.12
Gina Hinojosa She will eliminate state takeovers of school districts.12
How they headlined it
The same event, as each outlet put it. Marked words appear in only one outlet's headline.
Texas Dems vowed seismic education change. Here’s how schools could change for millions of students
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Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa said in a CNN interview that the state should pause work with data centers until protections for residents are in place. She promised to introduce laws to change the state's approach and said communities should have a role in deciding whether data centers are built there.
Matthew Shane Zachary was arrested and charged with murder in connection with a homicide at a residence in Gaines County. The Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Rangers are leading the investigation with assistance from the Gaines County Sheriff's Office.
$$750,000 for bond
Matthew Shane Zachary, Suspect arrested and charged with murder; Gaines County Sheriff's Office, Law enforcement investigating homicide; Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Rangers, Leading the investigation
Democrats in the Texas Legislature filed legislation Monday as bill filing opened for the 2027 session. Proposals included Medicaid expansion, minimum wage increases, ending data center tax breaks, banning Flock cameras, repealing ICE partnership requirements for sheriffs, forbidding border wall construction at state parks, ending school vouchers, boosting per-pupil school funding, legalizing marijuana, and building high-speed rail from Dallas to San Antonio.
$up to $10 billion a year for medicaid expansion annual funding to Texas
State Rep. John Bucy, D-Austin, filed Medicaid expansion bill; State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, filed companion Medicaid bill; Rep. Jolanda Jones, D-Houston, filed school nurse notification bill and 3 more
El Paso County Sheriff's Office arrested 38-year-old Laron Lenard Watts and charged him with theft of property valued at $150,000 or more after he reportedly refused to return a shipment of fiber-optic cable, trailer, and container worth $155,000 total following a payment dispute.
$$155,000 for estimated value of property (shipping container, trailer chassis, fiber-optic cable)
Laron Lenard Watts, 38-year-old man arrested and charged with theft; El Paso County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement agency conducting investigation and making arrest