In Reply to: C'mon MS and AK … Let's close this on a high!* posted by blindness on November 04, 2026 at 08:24:36
Democrats are expected to have the majority on the Texas state house of representatives after this election. The state senate is still Republican dominated.
The 9 justices on Texas' supreme court were all Republicans. Four were up for elections. Democrats won all four. So now Republicans are only 5-4.
If this trend continues (that "if" is doing a lot of work here obviusly) there is no longer a readily viable electoral college path for Republicans . You take Texas off the table, the road to the White House becomes a seriously uphill battle for Republicans. (A part of me wants to say "well, that's the price you pay for attracting businesses away from California" but I don't actually know what the real dynamics of this shift in Texas.)
There were 33 measures against data centers on the ballot across the nation. AFAIK, they all won. Will Democrats take a hint?