Retiring GOP Rep. Will Hurd warns the Republican Party it faces a racial reckoning in Texas

Will Hurd.
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Texas is changing, and that might be bad news for Republicans, Politico reports.

Shifting demographics and a "suburban revolt" against President Trump have turned the Lone Star state into a real political battleground, in which Democrats are making substantial gains for the first time a long time. Politico reports that there are at least eight House seats that should be up for grabs, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is "bracing for a competitive re-election race."

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.