Latino voters, data centers and Republican problems are giving Texas Democrats their highest hopes in 20 years

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Published 20 Sept 2026, 10:21 BST1 min read

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The GOP has controlled all statewide offices in Texas for almost two decades. But a mix of economic factors, the national backlash to immigration raids and the growth of artificial intelligence, and the GOP nominating baggage-laden candidates who could offend moderate voters make this fall perhaps the likeliest chance for Democrats to break one-party control of the nation’s second-largest state.

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