Latinos, who had chosen Trump in 2024, this time voted here more than 60% for the Democrats.
In Austin, a Democratic stronghold in Texas, the crowd celebrated all night with loud blasts of car horns.
James Talarico is the big winner of the elections: he becomes the first Democratic senator from the state in more than thirty years.
Texas elected a Democratic governor of Mexican origin, Gina Hinojosa, who defeated the incumbent governor.
It is unprecedented: Texas had never chosen a Democratic governor of Mexican origin.
This electoral shift largely explains the success of Democratic candidates.
The blue wave that swept over the state sent progressive voters into explosions of joy.
The state, long presented as one of the most conservative in the country, is thus shifting thanks to a blue wave.
In 2024, Donald Trump had still won the vote there with a fourteen-point lead.