Texas stays Red.
This week’s midterm elections were a close call in all states. Texas had the possibility to become a ‘blue’ state for the first time since Ann Richards was governor in 1990. But, the Republicans prevailed, and Texas stayed a ‘red’ state. Ted Cruz won his reelection in the senate race against Beto O’Rourke.
“Heidi, the girls and I, we say thank you,” Ted Cruz started out his victory speech on Tuesday night. “Texas saw something this year that we’ve never seen before. This election wasn’t about me, it wasn’t about Beto O’Rourke, this election was a battle of ideas. It was a contest for who we are and what we believe.”
The race came in really close, Cruz above O’Rourke by about two points. This is how the election went the entire time, Cruz would be ahead by a little bit, and then O’Rourke would be in the lead. Texas wasn’t sure who was going to win this election, which caused a lot of division.
“One thing I have noticed throughout this election is how bad division had become between the political parties,” Luke Moon says about this election season. “It seem, at least in the Texas senate election, the democrats have not respected the process of this election in understanding that the people of this state want to have a republican representing them.”
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This election has created a lot of division in Texas. The millennial's came out to vote, and they aren’t voting how the older generation wants them to. They were hoping to make Texas a ‘blue’ state, but instead they got a ‘red’ state with some blue dots.
Tarrant county is the largest ‘red’ county in North Texas, and that county became ‘blue’ during the midterms, which came as a surprise. Dallas county also turned ‘blue’ during this election. The majority of the ‘blue’ counties are down south, which doesn’t come as a surprise, as O’Rourke is from the south and won his home county of El Paso.
In the end, voters will vote for who they think will best represent them, and Texas chose Ted Cruz.
“In the future, I would hope that everyone, no matter their political party,” Moon continued about the election. “They respect the process of our election and how we live in a country that respects our God given rights to elect who represents us.”
