Texas Election: Democrats win all 4 state Supreme Court seats

Houston Chronicle · Jarrod Wardwell, Sondra Hernandez, Sarah Smith · 2026-11-04 11:19 UTC

Democrats won Texas' governor, Senate, lieutenant governor and attorney general races in a blue wave.

A blue wave that has washed over Texas flipped several statewide Republican seats, including governor, U.S. Senate, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Gina Hinojosa and James Talarico, the respective Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. senator, headlined the historic upsets.

In Harris County, voters showed up in record numbers and elected Democrat Letitia Plummer as county judge in her race against Republican Orlando Sanchez to replace Lina Hidalgo. Several other Democrats were elected to the county's top seats, including incumbent County Attorney Abbie Kamin, incumbent County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth, district clerk candidate Darrell Jordan, Jr. and the embattled incumbent Treasurer Carla Wyatt.

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