Texas Democratic Party

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The Texas Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Texas and one of the two major political parties in the state. The party's headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. President Lyndon B. Johnson was a Texas Democrat. 39 out of the 48 politicians who have served as Governor of Texas have been Texas Democrats. The party used to be the dominant political party in Texas; however, like in other Southern states, its rival, the Republican Party of Texas has become the dominant party since the 1990s. Following the 1994 elections, no Democrat won any statewide election in Texas until 2026. At 32 years, Texas had the longest streak of any state for not electing Democrats to any statewide office, and has not voted Democratic in a presidential election since 1976. The party used to support racial segregation and held white-only primaries until the Texas primary cases; however, it has adopted liberal attitudes on race and other matters since the 1960s. Similar to the...

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