Many Texas Democrats had said that Wendy Davis was the kind of candidate who could at least move the needle for the bedraggled state party. But failed tactics and other issues helped doom Davis' bid for governor.

Take a county-by-county look at how the percentage of registered voters who cast ballots for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate changed between 2010 and 2014.  

We're livestreaming Gov.-elect Greg Abbott's Austin news conference on his transition plan. The news conference is expected to start at 11:30 a.m. Central time. The feed is courtesy of KXAN-TV. 

Use our interactive maps to compare which Texas counties went red and which went blue in the 2010 and 2014 Texas governor's races. 

We've updated our 2014 election brackets — our version of college basketball's March Madness — to reflect Tuesday night's elections. See who came out on top, or check detailed results on our election scoreboard. 

Check out complete results from the 2014 general election — including statewide, congressional, legislative and judicial races — on our scoreboard.  

Texas voters reasserted themselves in the face of ballyhooed Democratic voter turnout efforts: This remains — emphatically — a Republican state.

Texas Democrats maintained their 16-year losing streak on Tuesday night, with Republicans decisively sweeping all 15 statewide races on the ballot.