Democrats finally won a big Texas election (probably):

Alexandra Samuels reports:
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The Texas right wants to inject DEI into schools (Divinity, Evangelicalism, Inclusion)

Don't be misled by the headline victories... the old GOP establishment in Texas lost again and again in last night's runoff election.

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Thank you all for staying up this late to read my report on the Texas runoffs.

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An impressive win by Phelan, especially given the mounting losses among his allies, but you can't say this with a straight face when you raised $8 million from big bidness for a statehouse race.

The once all-powerful Texas House Speaker may be unseated tonight by a fringe Christian nationalist backed by a couple of fringe Christian nationalist billionaires. It would be an earthquake. Wrote this before the first round, but it holds up: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

In 2020 the top five out-of-state donors to Texas politicians and pacs gave $2.1 million combined. In 2024, they've given $33 million. Alexandra Samuels introduces you to the non-Texan billionaires messing with Texas: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Video games are notoriously hard to adapt so I commend HBO’s The Last of Us for perfectly capturing the excitement of watching your friend play a video game

Seems like the Texas GOP chairman belongs to former candidates who can't win elections. First, Allen West. Then, Matt Rinaldi. And now Abraham George (just elected moments ago).

For Texas Monthly, dan solomon 🙈 and I told the story of Mark A. Myers, a hall-of-fame girls basketball coach who has a history of grooming and harassment that dates back to the 90s. We spent 9 months reporting this. It’s a hard one, but I hope you’ll read. texasmonthly.com/arts-entertain…

In 2020 Texas Dems registered 150,000 more people than the Texas GOP. The GOP got 26,000 more new registrants to actually vote for its candidates: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

In my latest for Texas Monthly , I tell the story of how the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles buckled under political pressure to recommend a pardon for Daniel Perry. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Crystal Mason became a public example when she was convicted of illegal voting. Six years later, she’s still waiting for relief.

My first contribution to Texas Monthly, grateful for the opportunity: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/… #txlege

I wrote a bit about this vision of the TX GOP-as a body that exercises control without the voters-here: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Good movie. Horrendous shot

Governor Greg Abbott’s pardon of the BLM protest shooter Daniel Perry amounts to a state sanction of right-wing political violence, and I worry about what comes next: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Daniel Perry didn't earn his pardon on the merits of his case. Governor Abbott pardoned him because he killed someone the state sees as expendable. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

“I wish the governor would be man enough to say, ‘I did the wrong thing. That guy belongs in jail. We have all the facts. The jury was right.’ ” Garrett Foster's mom talked to Andrew Logan last year about Greg Abbott's promise to pardon her son's killer: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…