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In Virginia, the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, Linwood Holton, has since 2001 frequently supported Democrats in statewide races – his son-in-law, Tim Kaine, has been elected to the governorship and the U.S. Senate in that time, and served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party's ...
(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 ...
His family left the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party, but he rejoined the Democratic Party after the war. 1965 – Arlen Specter, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011). He was a Republican from 1965 to 2009 and a Democrat from 1951 to 1965 and 2009 to 2012. [397]
Democratic: Republican: Phil Gramm: Texas: 6th: January/February 1983 98th: Democratic: Republican: Gramm resigned his seat as a Democrat on January 5, 1983, and then ...
Starr County, with a population of nearly 66,000 people, had served as a key support for Democrats, with Biden winning the county in 2020 with 52% of the vote, and Hillary Clinton with 79% in 2016.
(The Center Square) – After Republicans won races statewide, especially in South Texas, the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa, said he plans to resign next year after ...
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.
The incumbent is Democrat Lizzie Fletcher, who was re-elected with 63.79% of the vote in 2022. [1] Renewable energy developer Pervez Agwan announced a Democratic primary challenge to Fletcher in February 2023, and was endorsed by a handful of progressive organizations and figures, including the Houston branch of the Democratic Socialists of ...