Texas has flipped blue after midterms. Here's how Republicans reacted.

Houston Chronicle · Tanya Babbar, Haajrah Gilani · 2026-11-04 19:32 UTC

Following a historic midterm election, Texas Republicans accepted their losses, expressed fear and looked toward the future.

Texas Republicans expressed frustration, fear and also accepted with resignation the news of their "brutal" and stunning losses in Tuesday's midterm election, which saw Democrats on their way to ousting the GOP from every statewide office and electing the first Democratic governor since Ann Richards.

Chad Wilbanks, a GOP political consultant and former executive director of the Texas Republican Party, said President Donald Trump did not help Republican candidates in Texas.

"Very bad night for the @GOP, actually worst case scenario night. The Trump drag was far worse than anyone could have imagined. Brutal night. Brutal," Wilbanks wrote on X.

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