The Policies That Drew Millions to Texas Are Now Under Attack
8th November 2026
Texas has built a reputation as a bastion of freedom. No state income tax, a low cost of living, and huge corporate growth have drawn millions of people, adding 2.6 million residents since 2020 alone. The Dallas area has even taken the moniker “Y’all Street,” championed as a capitalist refuge from socialism in New York City.
But now, the policies that made the Lone Star State prosperous are under attack.
In the midterm election, Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated three-term Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott, becoming the state’s first Democrat governor since Ann Richards in 1990. Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, delivering the state’s first Senate Democrat victory since 1988.
Unfortunately for Texas, Hinojosa and Talarico are much more radical and unhinged than their predecessors.
Unfortunatly, all of those blue state refugees have brought their California ideas with them.