Political analyst Josh Krossauer analyzes Texas election results

Did Texas turn blue before Tuesday? The last time a Democrat won statewide office in Texas was 1994, a 32 year winning streak for Republicans. That changed this week. Democrat James Talarico won a pivotal Senate race. But Democratic success wasn't just limited to federal office. Democrat Gina Hinojosa upset longtime incumbent Governor Greg Abbott. Republican Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick lost. Democratic candidates win in races for attorney general, agriculture commissioner, land commissioner, railroad commissioner, comptroller, and four seats on the state Supreme Court. It requires a perfect storm for Democrats to win in Texas this week. Fox News Radio political analyst Josh Krossauer joined Fox News Rundown host Evan Brown to dissect what went down in the Lone Star State. That was sort of the goal for many years. And yet even when it looked like they were close, like in 2018 with the Senate race against Ted Cruz or in the governor's races in recent years, never actually happened. What happened in Texas this cycle, number one, you had an unusually weak Republican nominee for the Senate in Ken Paxton, who ran in a primary against John Cornyn, had ethical problems, had personal scandals up the wazoo, was a very uninspiring candidate and campaigner and he yet was the standard bearer for the party in the Senate race. Secondly, you had a charismatic, I would say somewhat center left, if not progressive nominee and James Talarico, but you had a candidate that tonally at least spoke to the moderates and even perhaps some of the John Cornyn voters in the party. He was not too extreme. He was not seen as too far left that they couldn't vote for him or enough of those independent minded voters or moderate Republicans, there were enough of them that he was able to pick off because he wasn't seen as an extremist, even though he didn't know he was. You know, he was more progressive than I expected in Texas. But tonally and his campaign was very careful not to position him to the left on a lot of important issues. And then third of all is the most obvious one, especially after Tuesday's results, the wave across the country, the desire from voters across the board of all stripes, of all backgrounds, of all constituencies, they wanted to check Donald Trump, they wanted to cast a blue ballot to.