Democrats big win in Texas, red states switch sides after decades

Democrats registered a series of major victories in the US elections, with James Talarico winning a Senate seat in Texas, Sherrod Brown reclaiming a Senate seat in Ohio and Rob Sand becoming Iowa’s first Democratic governor in more than a decade.

Democrat Annie Andrews has defeated Republican Darline Graham, the sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, to win South Carolina’s US Senate seat, marking a major upset.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, was elected Georgia’s first Black woman governor, becoming the first Democrat to win the office in decades. Xavier Becerra was elected California’s first Latino governor, while Amy Acton won the Ohio governor’s race.

Talarico has won the US Senate race in Texas, marking the first time since 1994 that a Democrat has won a statewide office in the traditionally Republican state, Al Jazeera reported. The victory comes after President Donald Trump backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Republican Senator John Cornyn in the party’s primary. Democrat Gina Hinojosa also won the gubernatorial race, becoming Texas’s first Latino governor.

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