The election results for Texas offices are in.

Greg Abbott (R) won his race for Texas Governor at 55.3% of the vote. Beto O’Rourke (D) lost at 43.4%.

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) won his seat with 54.2% of the vote, against his opponent Mike Collier (D) who received 43.1%. 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) won his seat for reelection with 53.8% of the vote. His opponent Rochelle Garza (D), lost with 43.3%

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) won reelection with 56.8% of the vote against his opponent Susan Hays (D), who carried 43.2%

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar (R) won at 56.9%. His opponent Janet Dudding (D) lost with 40.5%.

Dawn Buckingham (R) is the new Texas Land Commissioner, winning 56.6%. Her opponent Jay Kleberg (D) lost with 41.8%

Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian (R) will continue in his position winning 55.8% of the vote. His opponent, Luke Warford (D), lost with 40.1% of the vote.

In the Texas Supreme Court race, all three positions up for election were retained by Republicans Debra Lehrmann (56.4%), Rebeca Huddle (57.5%), and Evan Young (56.9%).

In the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals, Republicans won all three seats up for reelection. Mary Lou Keel won in an uncontested race. Scott Walker won with 57.4% of the vote, and Jessee McClure won with 57.6% of the vote. 

On the State Board of Education, it is now composed of 5 Democrats and 10 Republicans. 

Republicans won in almost all the rural counties. They only won a few seats in the border counties. Democrats won the areas of Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and border counties. Republicans knew that they had to win big in the rural areas and they did. 

It was not a close election for the Texas Executive Branch. Abbott was able to beat O’Rourke by around 12 percentage points. Patrick won against Collier by 11 percentage points. As some expected, all state agencies did not fall into the single-digit close races. All of the Republicans regaining their state offices had the experience in the job, and a notable name to back it up. With the majority of rural counties voting Republican, the incumbents had several winning factors on their side. 

Democrats, new and old, had some tough messages to sell in rural counties. While they resonate well with younger voters, it is interesting to see how many got out during early voting and Tuesday. Furthermore, Democrats still did well despite everything. They had fought tough elections in a tough state. Democrats, getting the push they did, still show that while Texas is traditionally red, blue can still light a fire in the Lone Star State.  As Dan Patrick put it during an interview, Republicans do not need to take rural Texas for granted. 

In national elections, Republicans compromise the majority of Texas seats going to the House of Representatives. For both the national House and the Senate, elections, it looks like it will be a close race in both chambers to tell who will be the majority.