In the 2010 Midterm Elections (General
elections for the United States congress), the GOP (Grand Old Party; popularly
known as the Republican Party) picked up a net total of 63 congressional seats across
both houses of the congress, thus obliterating the gains that the Democratic
Party made in 2006 and 2008.
La Raza, as it was usually known, experienced most of its success at the local level in Southwest Texas, most notably when the party swept city council, school board, and mayoralty elections in Crystal City, Cotulla, and Carrizo Springs.
