Maga's Very Bad Night In Texas

[Shell_Seas]

Texas Voters to Far-Right: Bless your heart, now pack it up.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/magas-very-bad-night-in-texas




It was a tough night for MAGA-aligned candidates in Texas. In the May 3, 2025, local elections, voters across the state decisively rejected far-right candidates, particularly in school board and city council races. From Tarrant County to Collin County, and from San Antonio to Dallas, communities chose leaders who prioritize public education, inclusivity, and pragmatic governance over culture wars and partisan agendas. This widespread shift signals a growing resistance to extremist politics at the local level.

A statewide rejection of extremism.
Last night, voters across Texas sent a message loud enough to rattle the far-right out of their echo chambers: we’re done with your culture wars, your book bans, and your crusade against public schools. Voters chose community over chaos, educators over agitators, and progress over extremism.

The local elections weren’t just a series of wins but a sweep. MAGA-backed candidates got absolutely trounced across the state. This was the result of deep organizing, years of work by local Democrats, and voters who are fed up with the far-right hijacking of school boards and city councils to push their agenda.

Texas isn’t turning blue overnight, but make no mistake: the MAGA movement had a very bad night, and the momentum is shifting.

Tarrant County.
The Republican Party poured money, endorsements, and out-of-state personalities into these Tarrant County races, and they got wiped. Every single candidate backed by Patriot Mobile, the far-right Christian nationalist group trying to take over school boards, lost. That’s losses in Mansfield ISD, Keller ISD, and Grapevine-Colleyville ISD. A clean sweep.

[Lovie777]

1. Good.....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Good news! Good catch. . . . . nt

[tanyev]

3. Awesome.

She only mentioned one Plano City Council race, but I’m thrilled about all four races. The Collin County GOP endorsed candidates in each one and they ALL lost! This is huge in such a red area!

[Chipper Chat]

4. Yee......hah.

Remembering Ann Richards.

[IcyPeas]

12. Ann Richards was a clue on Jeopardy last week. They showed a picture of her

None of the contestants knew who she was.

[blue-wave]

14. Now that's sad

I can remember watching this speech with my parents on their living room TV. My mother was in stitches.

I tried to find the full speech with better quality to no avail. It's really good listening none the less.

Rest in peace Governor.

[Hotler]

31. I had to watch this and then search for Lilly. I found this nugget. A good read.

Lily Adams helped her grandmother Ann Richards win Texas. Can she get Kamala Harris to the White House?

It’s possible that Lily Adams’ political baptism at a Baylor University homecoming parade is what most prepared the Democratic operative for the tone of the Trump era.

Dressed in a red, white and blue dress, she tried in earnest to charm the crowds from a ’57 Ford pickup truck. One angry parade-goer remained less than delighted and wanted her to know it. He marched up to her makeshift float, got in her face and gave her the middle finger.

It was 1990. And she was a 3-year-old.

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/18/lily-adams-helped-ann-richards-kamala-harris/

[yellowdogintexas]

36. "Poor George" He can't help it if he was born with a silver foot in his mouth"

That woman was a treasure. The Holland Taylor play "Ann" is on PBS Passport. It is on ROKU I do not know about other sources. Anyway it is the original production with Ms Taylor

Go to YouTube to see how the TX Lege treated Cecile

[Rose Siding]

40. God love her and her big ol' hair

I end up honoring her in my memory multiple times during every election.

Dubya followed her into office. Seeing that devolution was gutting. Hold your wrath til you turn BLUE, Texas.

[Seinan Sensei]

22. Ann Richards and Molly Ivins

What a delightful combo they were

[yellowdogintexas]

37. I have a friend who once had dinner with Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, Barbara Jordan and Liz Carpenter

I would not have been able to eat if I had been at that table.

I think there was a 6th person but for the life of me I can't remember who.

[littlemissmartypants]

23. Does not surprise me. But how sad for them. ...

They probably "studied to pass the test" but not to truly learn anything worthwhile.

She was an amazing person. A role model for us all.

❤️

[LisaM]

32. I know! That startled me.

That said, the current batch of contestants and clues are not the same as they were. Everything is geared towards qualifying people for their tournaments. So we get a lot of obscure world capitols and sci-fi movies. Successful women governors are probably low on the list, because the nerd contestants they want don't care about things like that.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Culture war fatigue settles in

There was never much culture or civilization about it, it was MAGA way or the highway even before J6. Maybe voters now realize MAGA and Eloon and Trump and the GOP are hollowing out our institutions, government, social compact, communities, and life itself?

[progressoid]

6. Excellent

[Cha]

7. Fantastic News.. TY, Shell Seas!

[Mr.Bee]

8. Perhaps a tide IS turning

[ananda]

9. Thank you!

Love

[liberalla]

10. This is WONDERFUL!!! I am thrilled by this news!!

Especially for Texas!

Thank you for bringing us this news!!!

[Cheezoholic]

11. All it takes is a spark n/t

[blue-wave]

13. From

Florida to Wisconsin to Texas and I will bet everything in between.

[AllaN01Bear]

15. ding.

more of this please . hands off our schools.

[barbtries]

16. this is excellent news.

i hope it holds true everywhere.

[BidenRocks]

17. I've heard it for years.

It all starts with winning the local down ballot races.
YEAH TEAM!!

[efhmc]

35. Long ago before the maggots took over, a very nice man told me that the Repugs

never let one election go without a candidate, no matter how small.

[Fla Dem]

18. WOW!!! What great news. Gives me some hope for the future!!!

[Peacetrain]

19. All righty Texas!!!!

[Exp]

20. Awesome. Love that Jim Talarico State Rep. He's a one-man army. nt

[joanbarnes]

21. I'm old enough to remember when Texas was blue.....

[Marcuse]

24. I'm almost old enough to remember when the Chair of the Texas Republican Party was an African-American.

[Beachnutt]

25. How did the republican Fort Worth mayor do ?

Mattie Parker or did she have a challenger ?

[Shell_Seas]

28. Unfortunately, she won re-election. She had a few challengers, but didn't even make it to runoff.

[yellowdogintexas]

38. I was disappointed there was no runoff, but Josh ran a good race

by the way he can sing really well. He did a bit from Into the Woods at our Democratic Woman's Club meeting

[poozwah]

26. encouraging, but...

let’s wait. let’s see what happens down the road. we are, after all, talking about texas wher sanity is considered unpatriotic.

[mopinko]

27. a reason to hope, and- dems have to run to win. sounds like

that message got through. iirc, it was the group ‘run for something’ that said they have just been flooded since nov 5. they had a huge surge after 2016, which is how the blue wave in 18 happened. they said it’s now 100x that.quite a few of those winners r still serving.
we didnt just take the house, we took state house seats, and just here in il, we made big dents in 3 red county boards. since then we have added to those seats. at least 1 is now blue.

when republican voters actually see how dems govern, they realize we arent commie pinkos coming to take your stuff, and pervert their kids.

i think the ONLY reason tx hasnt flipped is guns. both beto and alred lost on that, and that alone. i dont care what the polling said.
that’s a box that’s hard to get out of, and i dont have the key.
but perhaps this is a sign that ppl r starting to value their children more than their guns.

[mountain grammy]

29. Our family in San Angelo

Were solid Republicans until trump. Now they’re Democrats.

[IzzaNuDay]

30. The loaded question: MAGA rebellion?

Will the far right MAGA types challenge the votes? Will there be mini insurrections in those counties where they lost? For some reason I’m not certain they are going to take these losses lightly. Please prove me wrong!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. Voters also rejected MAGA assholes for the Katy ISD board

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Link to tweet

It starts local.

News coming in from all over the state that all of the super MAGA anti-public education school board candidates were defeated.

And this picture is why I fight. At the Katy ISD school board election night party, my son was able to reconnect with his former principal, and newly appointed Katy ISD school board member, James Cross, to let him know how he made a lasting impression on his life.

And having ousted the Mom’s For Liberty endorsed candidate from our community, James Cross will now be in the position to fight for ALL of the students in our district.

It was one of those truly special full circle moments.

This community is healing. This community is FIGHTING. And I am here for every single second. 💙

[calimary]

34. I must admit, "educators over agitators" is a mighty good phrase.

WELL worth repeating!

[Red Raider 85]

39. when I lived there in the early 80s Texas had Democratic governors and a democratic legislature.

I hope I live long enough to see that return. Viva Ann Richards! We need another one or many more of her.