Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott join forces to blame Trump for the total wipeout of Texas Republicans in the midterms
Karen Bass, Los Angeles Mayor, with whom Raman is locked in a razor-thin race that could take weeks to resolve as outstanding votes are counted.Nithya Raman, the DSA-backed Los Angeles mayoral challenger, as Democrats nationally seized Senate control through upsets in Iowa, Kansas and Maine.
Ken Paxton, who lost his Texas Senate seat to Democrat James Talarico by roughly 1.2 million votes, is privately refusing to accept blame for the rout, with insiders pointing the finger squarely at Trump. Governor Greg Abbott has aligned with Paxton in deflecting responsibility onto the president, as one insider acidly noted: 'Any cowboy can figure out what really happened.'
Texas Republicans lost the Senate seat, the governor's mansion and the attorney general's race in a single night — a clean sweep for Democrats.
Trump himself admitted the Iran war 'probably' drove some losses but insisted he would 'do it again', even as VP Vance publicly declared: 'The reason we lost is the war.'
Talarico, a seminary-trained former teacher branded a 'demon' and the Antichrist by rivals, became the first Democrat elected to the US Senate from Texas in 38 years.
