# Moira Donegan: a vitória democrata no Texas é uma aposta difícil

- Seção: Estados Unidos
- Fonte: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/texas-senate-ken-paxton-weakness)
- Publicado em: 2026-10-23T12:00:26.000Z
- URL: https://www.itatiba1.com.br/noticia/1317174-moira-donegan-a-vitoria-democrata-no-texas-e-uma-aposta-dificil
- Tradução automática do original em "en": "A Democratic win in Texas is a long shot – but Ken Paxton’s weakness is obvious | Moira Donegan"

> Os republicanos optam por piadas infantis para justificar uma acusação de honra estrangeira

Republicans are resorting to childish taunts to defend an uncommonly dishonorable state attorney general

It’s a bit like Lucy with the football. Every few years, Democrats convince themselves that a Texas Senate seat might finally switch from red to blue. On paper, it makes sense. Texas is a large and urbanizing state with an increasingly educated – and increasingly non-white – population.

Other one-time Republican strongholds that have undergone similar demographic shifts have turned purple or even blueish – think Georgia, for example. The border counties along the Rio Grande valley, with their deep poverty and big Latino populations, were long thought to be fertile ground to nurture a kind of anti-Trump populism that could be converted into pro-Democratic sentiment. The state Democratic party is anemic there, but a few talented candidates have emerged.

Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist

Reportagem completa: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/texas-senate-ken-paxton-weakness

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