MIDTERM ELECTIONS

Texas Democrats’ biggest win on election night may have been the courts

Democrats flipped four major state appeals courts, toppling 19 incumbent Republican appellate judges.

By EMMA PLATOFF, The Texas Tribune
Posted 11/8/18

It wasn’t Beto O’Rourke. But in the sleepiest branch of government — the judiciary — Texas Democrats cleaned up on Election Day, flipping the four influential state …

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