Democrats Also Drubbed in State House, Senate Races

by Jim Malewitz
Nov. 5, 2014
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Democrat Wendy Davis Tuesday lost a bit more than her gubernatorial race on Tuesday. Her former seat in the Texas Senate flipped to Republicans on a rough night for Democrats in legislative races.

After an expensive race, Tea Party activist Konni Burton will represent Tarrant County residents in SD-10, the Senate’s only swing district this year. She led Libby Willis by 7 points with 85 percent of precincts reporting.

“We were all sick and tired of being represented by a liberal in Austin who didn’t reflect the conservative values of District 10,” Burton told her supporters. “Tonight, those ...

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Comments (37)

November 5 @ 12:46 a.m.

Kelly Harlan via Texas Tribune on Facebook

#owned
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November 5 @ 12:47 a.m.

Ursula Powers via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Texas, a corporate wasteland.
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November 5 @ 12:51 a.m.

Norma Garcia-Lopez via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Konni Burton will never represent me!!
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November 5 @ 12:54 a.m.

John Michael Davis via Texas Tribune on Facebook

I blame the rain.
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November 5 @ 12:56 a.m.

John Deike via Texas Tribune on Facebook

good ridance
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November 5 @ 12:57 a.m.

Barbry Alma via Texas Tribune on Facebook

It was already a red leaning district. Not really a surprise. And no, Davis didn't lose a seat she wasn't running for.
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November 5 @ 1:01 a.m.

Michael Massey via Texas Tribune on Facebook

I did not know she vacated her seat, I guess she was expecting to win.
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November 5 @ 1:25 a.m.

Mary Morrison via Texas Tribune on Facebook

And you felt you had to put it like that why, Trib? Just to be nasty one more time?
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November 5 @ 1:48 a.m.

Mo Ratel via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Meh, the Texas Congress is always Republican. She did some good work for women, including helping get 20k backlogged rape kits tested. So in that sense, it sucks. If you look at our stats for education and Healthcare, it's clear that we need change. We need a four year effort to get out the vote. Not just in the months before an election.
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November 5 @ 3:21 a.m.

Elaine Fletcher via Texas Tribune on Facebook

This is a SAD DAY for Texas. I hope the Tea Party/GOP are HAPPY that THEY get to make Texas MORE of a LAUGHING STOCK that they ALREADY have!!
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November 5 @ 4:52 a.m.

Edward De La Cruz via Texas Tribune on Facebook

The four year effort to turn Texas blue starts now. Woman's rights, education and healthcare have taken a hit, but they are still worthy causes.
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November 5 @ 5:38 a.m.

Georgia Ragsdale via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Life sucks and then you die.
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November 5 @ 6:15 a.m.

Daniel Astalas via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Pray for Texas
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November 5 @ 6:28 a.m.

Natalia Rene via Texas Tribune on Facebook

UGH! I am in that bitches district.
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November 5 @ 6:30 a.m.

Leslie Lloyd Renz via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Even better news!
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November 5 @ 6:33 a.m.

Donna R. Crosby via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Texas voters wanted crappy leadership and corruption that's what they voted in and that what they deserve. Thanks right wing radio, Fox news and klbj your misinformation campaign worked on the sheeple.
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November 5 @ 8:11 a.m.

Betsy Brieve Barbre via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Konni Burton does NOT represent me. That's for damn sure.
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November 5 @ 8:14 a.m.

Steve Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Unlike Abbott, she's a good lawyer and has a future other than pandering to the most ignorant people in Texas.
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November 5 @ 8:18 a.m.

Mike Decuir via Texas Tribune on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/TexasRightToLife/photos/a.388089391897.173773.196098536897/10152366479306898/?type=1
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November 5 @ 8:40 a.m.

Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Wendy is totally out of Texas politics & probably any politics. ..dems from out of state wasted a lot of money on her....
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November 5 @ 8:46 a.m.

David Presley via Texas Tribune on Facebook

So glad to hear this news.
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November 5 @ 9:03 a.m.

Roy Mcwhorter via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Good to get you baby killers out of the picture.
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November 5 @ 9:11 a.m.

Erik von Holstein-Rathlou via Texas Tribune on Facebook

HA HA HA HA HA HA. So much for turning Texas Blue!
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November 5 @ 9:17 a.m.

John David Ebolaczar via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Correction: her seat flipped to a crazier than an outhouse rat teabagger.
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November 5 @ 9:18 a.m.

Brian Jones via Texas Tribune on Facebook

If you don't like it, move. Or run yourself.
We will never go blue. Move to New Mexico or California if you love Statism so much. And this war on women only counts if anyone right of the leftist socialists do it. It clearly doesn't apply when Dems call Republican women "whores"
Get over it or get out.
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November 5 @ 9:19 a.m.

Brian Jones via Texas Tribune on Facebook

They melted down in an epic way:

http://twitchy.com/2014/11/05/i-have-officially-lost-it-battleground-texas-organizer-for-wendy-davis-totally-melts-down-on-twitter/
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November 5 @ 9:46 a.m.

John Helsley via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Double pow pow !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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November 5 @ 10:13 a.m.

Tina Pustizzi Meschko via Texas Tribune on Facebook

It just keeps getting better! Lol.
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November 5 @ 10:31 a.m.

James Nation via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Good RIDDANCE
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November 5 @ 10:32 a.m.

Michael Claxton via Texas Tribune on Facebook

After 6 years of failure in destroying the United States liberals are still too dumb to see we need a change
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November 5 @ 10:36 a.m.

Chuck Wright via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Konni Burton ROCKS and will actually represent the people of her district.
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November 5 @ 3:34 p.m.

Rita Roberts Santos via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Hahahaha love it! All you Libs hike on out here!!!
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November 5 @ 3:36 p.m.

Michael C. Palmatier via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Poor losers please move. I hear Antartica is nice
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November 5 @ 7:41 p.m.

Gary Cozart via Texas Tribune on Facebook

I've been looking forward to seeing these whinning post on this page for 18 long months.

As Obama said, "We won, get over it."
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November 5 @ 9:30 p.m.

Kerry Brix via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Konni Burton makes Michelle Bachmann seem sensible. This freak will be about as useful as teets on a boar.Texas is in deep trouble with fanatics like this deciding policy. Is it okay to pray for a pox on the Texas GOP?
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November 5 @ 11:19 p.m.

Tom White via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Who's the Meg Whitman clone?
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November 6 @ 11:02 a.m.

Kelli Storie via Texas Tribune on Facebook

:-(
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