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Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
As of the latest statewide elections in 2024, Texas is a solid Republican state. In 2024, Trump expanded his win margin to a almost 14 percent margin the first time Texas went Republican by double digits since 2012, Ted Cruz won reelection with an 8 percent margin. Both Texas U.S. senators are Republican, as are all statewide elected officials.
Caucused with the Democrats after becoming an independent, giving Democrats a majority in the US Senate. His switch became the only time in US history that a party switch resulted in a change of party control of the Senate. [29] [30] Robert M. La Follette Jr. Wisconsin: May 1934: 74th: Republican: Wisconsin Progressive
Republican: Phil Gramm: Texas: 6th: January/February 1983 98th: Democratic: Republican: Gramm resigned his seat as a Democrat on January 5, 1983, and then won a ...
(The Center Square) – Another longtime Texas Democrat has switched parties, joining the Republican Party, this time in the border county of Webb. Webb County flipped red in November, joining ...
He was a Republican from 1965 to 2009 and a Democrat from 1951 to 1965 and 2009 to 2012. [393] 1995 – Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City (2022–present). Joined the Republican Party in 1995, but returned to the Democratic Party in 2002. 2003 – Tommy Dickerson, Mississippi state senator. [394] 2003 – Johnny Ford, Alabama state representative.
The first two major parties in the United States were the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party.The Federalists experienced success in the 1790s but lost power in the 1800 elections and collapsed after the War of 1812.
Starr County, Texas, voted predominantly Republican this month -- for the first time in 100 years. Home to some 75,000 residents across about 1,200 square miles, it has a relatively small ...