# Texas emerges as an unexpected midterm battleground

https://mins.news/en/video/123269

- DW News, 2026-10-31 00:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN9sCUXYDAM

> Texas has long been Republican territory. Donald Trump won the state by nearly 14 points in 2024, and Democrats have not won a statewide race there in more than three decades. With the midterms only days away, Texas has suddenly become one of America’s most closely watched battlegrounds.

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