One-photo excerpt from The Texas Tribune.⁠1

Talarico beat Paxton; Hinojosa won Texas’s governorship, The Texas Tribune reports.⁠1

People walk into the Austin Public Library Carver Branch to vote.
Jacob Lujan/The Texas Tribune. Nov. 3, 2026.⁠2

Reported outcomes; not independently verified here.

Bloomboff's take

The ballot box gets the plot twist; governing gets the homework.