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The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Texas. Official designations and symbols. Type Symbol Date designated Image Motto "Friendship" 1930 [1] [2]
For about a hundred years, from after Reconstruction until the 1990s, the Democratic Party dominated Texas politics, making it part of the Solid South.In a reversal of alignments, since the late 1960s, the Republican Party has grown more prominent.
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In their 30 years in the political wilderness, Texas Democrats have wandered to the far left just as Republicans have moved to the edge of the right. That’s polarization for you.
Cal Jillson, a professor of political science at Southern Methodist University, near Dallas, said the open warfare in the Texas GOP is, in part, a microcosm of Republican politics more broadly in ...
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"Last year, House Speaker Dade Phelan handed political power in the Texas House to Democrats," Rinaldi said. "He went to war with the Texas GOP lieutenant governor in Texas Senate." Phelan ...