Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and other conservative candidates romped to victory in Texas while Republicans battled for gains nationwide in this year’s general election.
Republicans won all statewide offices in Texas, holding onto long held power in the lone star state. President-elect Trump expanded his margin of victory in Texas to 13.9%, up from his 5.6% margin four years ago. Trump also won the national popular vote in the Presidential election, his first time to win it in his three campaigns for President, propelling him to a 312-226 electoral college victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” President-elect Trump said.
Senator Ted Cruz cruised to reelection easily. He defeated Democratic Congressman Colin Allred by an 8.6% margin, overperforming the New York Times’ last poll of the cycle showing him up only 4%.
“The results tonight, this decisive victory, should shake the Democrat establishment to its core,” Cruz said to supporters after his victory.
Republicans flipped the United States Senate by gaining four new seats and won the Presidency. They are also on track to win another narrow majority in the House, winning a trifecta in the federal government.
“It also looks like we’ll be keeping control of the House of Representatives,” Trump said. “And I want to thank Mike Johnson. I think he’s doing a terrific job.”
Locally, Amarillo voters rejected the controversial proposition A. At the same time voters rejected all other propositions besides prop E, which changes the system for filling city council vacancies.
“It’s something that touches all our lives, and we reject extremist government overreach,” Lindsay London, co-founder of the Amarillo Reproductive Freedom Alliance, said of proposition A. “Particularly when it comes to penalizing support for travel, it violates our constitutional rights.”