After the elections in 2000, the Republican Party held all statewide offices and comprised the majority in both the Texas House and Senate.
Republicans controlled all significant statewide positions, both Texas Senate seats, the majority of Congressional seats, and both chambers of the state legislature. In 2012, Republican Ted Cruz easily won the US Senate seat formerly held by retiring Republican Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and Republicans maintained control of the Congressional delegation, the Texas House, and the Texas Senate. Republican Mitt Romney carried Texas by more than 10% despite losing the national vote. 800 Texans were polled in 2011, and it was shown that 49% of them had Republican leanings, 37% had Democratic leanings, and 13% had Independent leanings. Republicans have unmistakably reversed the trend of Democratic control that so dominated the state for 150 years. Knowing this helps to explain why Republicans hold a disproportionate number of state office positions.
However, others think that Texas's party balance may be changing. Some predict that the Republican majority in Texas may wane as Hispanics' share of the state's population and electorate (voters) continues to rise. In 2012, less than 30% (29%) of all Hispanic votes cast nationally went to Republican Mitt Romney. With Ted Cruz, a Hispanic, at the top of the ticket, Republicans performed better in Texas, but they only received a minority of the Hispanic vote. If Texas Republicans don't improve their appeal to Hispanic voters, the state may become considerably more competitive within the next ten or twenty years.
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