Democrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House

De­moc­rats in Texas took con­trol of the state House af­ter his­toric wins for gov­er­nor and U.S. Sen­ate, part of a se­ries of sweep­ing gains na­tion­wide in Tues­day’s elec­tions that shift­ed the bal­ance of pow­er across sev­er­al bat­tle­ground and Re­pub­li­can-lean­ing states.

It will be the first time De­moc­rats con­trol the House in Texas since Re­pub­li­cans took over af­ter the 2002 elec­tion. Re­pub­li­cans are keep­ing con­trol of the Sen­ate in the state — which al­so elect­ed Gi­na Hi­no­josa its first De­mo­c­ra­t­ic gov­er­nor since George W. Bush oust­ed Ann Richards in 1994.

In this year’s midterm elec­tions, the par­ty took full con­trol — both state­house cham­bers and gov­er­nors’ of­fices — in at least five states where they pre­vi­ous­ly shared pow­er.