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Over 5.4 Million Texans Voted for a Loon

M Dowling

As in 2024, Republican votes remained the same, but Democrats added 20 million. It sounds like the miraculous 81+ million who voted for Joe Biden.

More from Mr. Bass: “Kamala Harris got the third-most votes of any presidential candidate in American history. James Talarico got almost a million more Texas votes in a midterm election than her. Talarico’s early votes were higher than Paxton’s total votes. A Democrat has not won that seat in decades.”

Marsha McClary writes: Texas projected Republican votes for 2026 are actually similar to 2022. She asked Grok for solid information on why Texas Democrats had so many more voters in this election, given that Republican turnout was similar to 2022 on a net basis. McClary felt it was “unprecedented.”

Grok gave her the preliminary results:

Majority-Hispanic South Texas counties that backed Trump in 2024 swung 30+ points Democratic. Overall turnout hit ~51.6% of registered voters (up from 2022, below 2024 presidential levels). The electorate’s composition favored Democrats amid economic and immigration concerns. The turnout from urban and suburban areas was high.

The border towns, which are heavily Hispanic, went for the oddball who has a welcome mat ready for people coming illegally. According to the Texas Secretary of State’s unofficial results (updated November 4, 2026, with 100% of polling locations reporting):

James Talarico (Democratic): 5,444,982 votes

Ken Paxton (Republican): 4,249,373 votes

Ted Brown (Libertarian): 190,237 votes

So far, he has received more than 1.2 million more votes than Paxton. That’s about 12 points. They really love Talarico, who loves trans children and says God is nonbinary and there are six genders.

We need to get rid of dual citizenship like yesterday.

Grok explains why:

The biggest factor was the Latino swing, linked to concerns over the cost of living/economy and immigration enforcement tactics under the Trump administration. Suburban diversification and rejection of more polarizing Republican messaging also played a role. These patterns aligned with a broader Democratic wave in Texas that also flipped the governorship and other statewide offices.

They don’t want deportations. They want that welcome mat, although it didn’t work out so well the last time.

My guess is that Democrats will redistrict as many Republicans out of Texas as they can.

I have a Texas friend who has a different analysis. It’s this:

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