‘We Took the Head of the Snake’: Democratic AGs Scored a Huge Victory in Texas

POLITICO · Joseph J. Schatz · 2026-11-06 10:00 UTC

The president of the Democratic Attorneys General Association lays out the ripple effects of their big election night.

The president of the Democratic Attorneys General Association lays out the ripple effects of their big election night.

United States and Texas flags are visible along Highway 183 on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in Irving, Texas. | Julio Cortez/AP

The Democratic Party’s historic midterm rout came with a special bonus for state attorneys general. Not only did Democrats capture five Republican-held state AG offices, strengthening the party’s hand in legal and policy battles to come over AI, voting rights, energy, health care and corporate power — they unexpectedly seized one of the most powerful AG offices in the country by winning in Texas.

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