Republicans lost ground in rural Texas, adding to historic wipeout

Michael Cavazos for The Texas Tribune

Posted Wednesday, November 4, 2026 8:21 pm

By Jess Huff and Jayme Lozano Carver, graphics by Alex Ford and Apurva Mahajan (via Texas Tribune)

James Talarico ran up the score in the Panhandle, while rural Texans living along the Louisiana border stayed home.

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