Progressives have been patiently awaiting the day when the inevitable would happen in Texas, and now it appears their moment has arrived. Steadily accelerating demographic change over the course of the past three-plus decades meant it was only a matter of time before the Lone Star State joined one-time red bastions California and Virginia as Democratic Party strongholds. On Nov. 3, the blue wave swept over Texas and catapulted Democrat candidates into the US Senate, the governorship, lieutenant governorship and attorney general post. In fact, Democrats took every statewide office on the ballot. All except possibly incoming AG Nathan Johnson can be considered stridently leftist.
A refreshingly honest and compellingly accurate Oct. 29 op-ed in the San Antonio Express-News aptly displays this “wait for it, wait for it” attitude on the verge of coming to fruition. “Will Texas’ shifting voting demographics influence the election outcome?” the headline plaintively asked. We now have the answer to that question in resounding fashion.
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