No Democrat has won a statewide office in Texas since 1994

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A Texas Democrat hasn’t won statewide office in 30 years, and if a Democratic presidential candidate wins the state, that drought will last even longer.

Democrats successfully defended the offices of lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller of public accounts, treasurer, commissioner of the General Land Office and a seat on the state Supreme Court in 1994.

However, the party lost the office of governor that year when George W. Bush defeated incumbent Ann Richards by nearly eight percentage points.

The nearly three decades since a Democrat held statewide office in Texas is the nation’s longest losing streak.

When was the last time Texas elected a Democratic senator?

Sen. Bob Krueger, D-Tex. shaking hands with Vice President Al Gore in the Old Seante Chamber as Krueger’s wife, Kathleen Krueger, looks on. January 25, 1993. (Photo by Laura Patterson/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)”n

There has not been a Texas Democrat in the United States Senate since 1993, when Robert Krueger was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Lloyd Millard Bentsen. Krueger’s term in the Senate would last only five months, when he lost a special election to Kay Bailey Hutchison for the remainder of Bentsen’s term.

Hutchinson held the position until 2013 and chose not to seek re-election in the 2012 election. TEd Cruz would win the Republican primary and later the general election to replace Hutchinson that year.

Bentsen had served in the Senate since winning the 1970 election. Bentsen resigned from the Senate in 1993 and became Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton.

Across the country, eyes are on the battle for the Senate Cruz And Colin Allred.

Democrats have seen this race as one they believe they can win recent poll from Emerson College showing that Cruz’s lead over Allred is just over one percentage point.

Money has poured into the race, making it the most expensive Senate race in terms of election ballots with more than $166 million raised by the candidates.

Cruz is no stranger to defending his seat against a strong, fundraising opponent. In 2018, Cruz defeated Beto O’Rouke despite being raised and outed by the challenger. Cruz would defeat O’Rourke by just 2.56 percentage points.

The close race between Cruz and O’Rourke marked the first time a Republican failed to win a Senate race by more than 10 percentage points.

In 2020, John Cornyn defeated Democratic challenger Mary Hegar with 9.64 percent.

When was the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won Texas?

ATLANTA-NOVEMBER 1976; President Jimmy Carter celebrates election night victory over Gerald Ford at the Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta, January 1977; (Photo by Nik Wheeler/Corbis via Getty Images)

The last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state in an election, you’d have to go back to 1976.

At that time, Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford by 3.16 percent. Carter would lose Texas by 13.86 points to Ronald Reagan in 1980.

In 2020, Donald Trump won in Texas by just 5.58 percentage points. The race was the closest presidential race in Texas since 1996, when Republican Bob Dole carried Texas over incumbent Democrat Bill Clinton by 4.93 percent.