Democrat James Talarico is projected to win a Senate seat in Texas, defeating Republican Ken Paxton and delivering his party their first big Lone Star state win in decades, according to a projection by Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
I know I’m very skeptical but many of those states only turned blue because guys like Talarico would pretty much run as a Republican 15 years ago. Texas didn’t suddenly turn progressive, it simply didn’t turn as fascist as the general MAGA movement. For example Talarico still run on hiring more Border Patrol agents and has a border security plan endorsed by republican Sheriff. On energy he still wants to “protect good-paying oil and gas jobs”. If you look at his program it’s mostly “I will push back against the worst parts capitalism while protecting most of our values”. Which is great but it doesn’t really reflect change of direction as much as different pace at which red state go full fascist.
A bit of hope. I think we all needed it.
As non American it’s really great to see how many real politician american voters have been electing lately. Maybe there’s still a chance for the US!
The guy is basically a Republican, but i guess he’s not satanhitler so that’s a plus
[ takes hat off ]
Well, I’ll be…
All that money elon flushed down the toilet could have been used to feed people or house people.
I never thought I’d see the day Texas flipped blue. I’m so happy.
I love to see it. I also loved seeing r/conservative melting down.
Turns out $7/gal diesel isn’t popular. Hmm who would have thought.
As a progressive Christian, I’m SO THANKFUL to finally see a US politician who doesn’t wield his faith as a tool of division and hate but as an inspiration for change that helps people in need. I wish him all the success at flipping tables and fighting the power.
We pretended you were on the ballot, sir!
It was… super effective!
Really hope they kicked Dan Patrick out of office, too
They did!
Fucking love it!
Third best birthday ever!
What are the top two?
Birthday 0 tops my list. I don’t remember it, of course, and I understand it was likely quite traumatic, but the results echo through my life like nothing else. And I took my first breath, so that must have been crazy good. Cause I love breathing.
My second best birthday I looked around and had a bunch of people I loved, and that loved me, all having a good time.
My 6th best birthday, I knocked on a random door what had lots of loud talking behind it at the Sheraton in Denton, and shared my birthday cake with a room of strangers.
My dad beat the crap out of my mom’s boyfriend for breaking into the garage and smashing the car windows one year on my birthday.
… I, uh, don’t have a lot of other birthday stories.
Edit: This is supposed to be funny.
Hey Lemmy: No more making fun of my state anymore. We’re blue now. We finally fucking did it. Lol.
It’s still in the US though, right?
If Texas secedes, I’ll stop ripping on them
Stop talking funny and I’ll consider it.
Thems fightin’ words
WA here, I will spread the word that there is now a moratorium on calling yall the One Star State. Well done today, Texas!!
Thank you for your service. As someone who lived for a bit near Seattle, much love.
As a Georgian [two blue senators since 2020, in case you didn’t know], I think you’re going to be disappointed on that one.
Fuck that. Texan bluster still deserves mockery
Sincerely, congrats. Enjoy this feeling. Well done.
Holy shit. It’s real.
Blexas is really happening!
Holy shitballs those margins are the size of Jupiter lol
I’m over here wondering how Mississippi is so close
And democrats didn’t even spend money there
wtf aren’t they usually an anchor state, always at least 90% red?
Last republican senator was elected in the 1980s. So yeah this is a huge deal.
As an outsider watching from afar, I’m very happy for everyone who wanted this outcome, the majority have had a hard slog for the past 2 years in particular.
Hopefully this is the start of the turning point where the average American has had a fire reawaken within them, to push harder for a genuinely better Amercia, beyond casting their vote; a complete contrast to the puke pizza that everyone’s been witnessing since its first term.
They were saying Kansas’s was like 1930-1939 or some shit, yet they appear to have actually put one in according to the numbers out so far. Crazy to think 2 World Wars, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq (multiple times), (should mention all the South America shit but the list is getting to long) never considered a change but now something has sparked some kind of change for them
something
The ag and beef market?
Florida is more surprising to me.
Florida has gone to the right in the last 10 years but before that they always swung back and forth.
Like if you look at who Florida voted for, it was pretty much who won president except the Trump 2020 election.
Election Year Winning Candidate Party Margin of Victory
1960 John F. Kennedy D -0.2%
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson D +27.0%
1968 Richard Nixon R +5.0%
1972 Richard Nixon R +27.0%
1976 Jimmy Carter D +1.9%
1980 Ronald Reagan R +10.0%
1984 Ronald Reagan R +20.0%
1988 George H.W. Bush R +10.0%
1992 Bill Clinton D +2.0%
1996 Bill Clinton D +5.0%
2000 George W. Bush R +0.01%
2004 George W. Bush R +5.0%
2008 Barack Obama D +2.8%
2012 Barack Obama D +0.9%
2016 Donald Trump R +1.2%
2020 Donald Trump R +3.4%
2024 Donald Trump R +13.1%
I moved out of Florida after COVID. I can tell you with certainty it will be a very long time before Florida goes blue. The people flooding that state for no COVID restrictions combined with the multiple bullshit from Michael Flynn he helped push are going to keep it deep red for a while.
That’s some wild swing
Yeah if you look at 2000 in particular Bush “won” by .01%.
If you are familiar with that election that is when Al Gore won the popular vote in the U.S., a recall was called in Florida twice and conspiracies surround how Bush’s own brother was the Governir of Florida.
Basically first count said Bush won by 1784 votes ~.009%. That triggered and automatic recount by the machines. Which came back saying he actually only won by 327 votes, meaning the room for error was wider than the election. His brother helped stall a manual recount, they sent it to the Supreme Court and the U.S. supreme court decided it didn’t matter because hand counting them would take time and awarded all 25 elector votes to Bush, making him President of an election he had not one neither the population, nor possibly the electors… But we’ll never know.
Holyyyy shit!
Holy fuck that’s not even close
This is the best news I’ve woken up to all year.
Bye Abbott!
somewhere Conan is suddenly suspicious and looking for Rudd
I’m out of town/timezone at the moment, so nice to wake up and see this. Not just a win, but a resounding win.
I’m loving Abbot getting the boot too. Eat shit asshole
When is Cruz’s ass up for re-election? I’d love for Jasmine Crocket to take the other seat. Plus Cruz being felled by a black woman would be delicious.
Just want to say one last time that Greg Abbot is a piss baby.
I always thought Abbott was an ineffective governor, and that the only reason he’s been in office this long is that the Texas governor’s election is always in off-years, when people who have trouble getting to the voting booths are even less likely to go.
First time hearing about that ladder-pulling discount-Davros scumbag and feeling joy for a change.
FUCK YEAH! Who knew Texas had a backbone. #GoBlue!
Whoa, an undisputable majority
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Shit, I think I drank my [Texas elects a democrat to statewide office] bottle of rum already
Wow, I’ll take some good news even if a little premature. How nice of Elon Musk’s few hundred million spent in Texas was completely wasted.
Elon keeps spending record amounts on campaigns and keeps losing. I love that for him.
If rather have his money being taxed, so he actually contributed his share to society, but the schadenfreude is tantalizing.
Nbc just called it a likely win for Talarico so that’s two diff orgs
Proud of Texas. All it took was a very bad blizzard, A bad governor. And some ice.
I might go visit.
Most of us don’t suck. I keep hearing this rhetoric that because I live here, because I was born ans raised here, that I am a fool or complicit.
I am trans, hispanic, and atheist and I can’t leave for many reasons, but amongst those reasons are because
this. Is. My. Home.
I love my city, my culture, my Home. I will fight in the face of the worst of us because I know we can be better here.
Do not damn us all, we’re fighting
Good job!! Me and my uterus abandoned Texas years ago, and every time my daughters ask me when we can move to Texas to be with the rest of our family I tell them never.
Maybe that can change now.
I’m fighting with you in Texas too!
As a northerner, my fear and hate of southerners is confined to republicans and what they’ve done with the place. That y’all we’re able to turn it blue is cause for shocking celebration. Maybe this place (the US) does have a future. There’s still gonna be a huge fight because of course there will be, but a huge congratulations are definitely in order. Maybe if things continue to change, I, too, will be able to travel, and go see parts of the country I’ve never seen and honestly didn’t expect to ever be able to.
Hell… fucking… Yeah… I’ve been saying for 20 years that Texas was winnable we just needed to invest in good candidates. Everyone kept saying i was delusional. People without any awareness of what Texas is culturally view it like its Alabama, when its more like Wisconsin (fiercely independent and down to earth), IMO.
I’ve frequently felt that there are good people in Texas. You all fought well. Keep them in check. Here in my state of KY, I sadly have to keep fighting. From the depths of my soul, thank you for fighting.
Kentucky native now a Texan. I always check up on you guys with a little bit of hope. Keep fighting. If we can do it in Texas you can turn the grass blue again, I believe it.
<3 I blame the racists here for our loss. But thank goodness we flipped the district. Please investigate our state as much as you can. Especially with all that nonsense with Mitch the Bitch.
I’ve got family in Texarkana (both sides of the border!) that definitely did not help and I had kind of sworn off the state altogether but I can reconsider now.
I’ll buy you a beer!
Hell yeah! And I’ll buy you a mint julep! (Much love from KY)
I may take them off my do not travel list.
