Hinojosa Defeats Abbott in Texas Governor Race

Texas has a Democrat governor-elect, and I'm writing that sentence the way a man reads his own vet bill. The Associated Press has state Rep. Gina Hinojosa beating Greg Abbott 53 to 45.7 percent with 82 percent counted, and Daily Signal's Decision Desk numbers run about the same. Abbott, who was after a fourth term, called to concede and said he'd help with the transition. She takes office in January 2027, the first Democrat to win the job since Ann Richards in 1990.

This is an election result, so no spin: Republicans held that office since 1995 and lost it. Somebody in Austin spent a lot of consultant money to find out a man can be fenced out of his own pasture. The ones who ignored the base's worries about prices and the border are running around like a chicken with its head cut off. The Democrats and the press gloating will want a victory lap. They earned the grass, and now they'll have to mow it.