Cruz says Democrats’ Texas wins left him lone statewide Republican

Sen. Ted Cruz said Democrats’ victories in the 2026 midterm elections left him the only statewide elected Republican in Texas, as the party won the governor’s office, a U.S. Senate seat and control of the state House. Cruz described the results as a “blue tsunami” and a “Watergate-level repudiation” in an episode of his podcast released Wednesday, November 4. Democrats also won other statewide offices, ending more than three decades of Republican control of those posts, according to the election accounts described in the reports. Cruz said Texas was blue “today at least,” while adding that he believed the state could return to Republican control. The results followed his warning before the election that Republicans could lose every statewide race in Texas. Cruz said economic pressures had contributed to voters’ frustration and that Republicans had failed to understand or address it. He cited high costs for food, gasoline, diesel and insurance, saying, “Too many Republican politicians seem like they didn’t understand or they didn’t care.” He called for the party to respond to voters’ concerns and pursue economic policies that affect working people. In a separate podcast...