This week on Texas Matters: The big Democratic election wins this week include the Texas State Board of Education. What does the mean for schools' culture wars? What does turning Texas blue mean for turning Texas green? And Elon Musk could be one of the big losers from the election. How activists are celebrating the defeat of big money in Texas politics.
Texas flipped to the Democrats in the 2026 midterms, according to ABC News (Australia), while CBS News reported that James Talarico won a Texas Senate race and said the result sent a message to Elon Musk. BBC News reported that a Musk political action committee gave $47 million to Ken Paxton’s campaign. Reports put Musk’s overall election spending at different totals: WKBW cited $474 million, while Winnipeg Free Press reported $445 million; the sources do not explain the discrepancy.
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