/the-big-flip Democrats are just nine seats away from taking control of the Texas House. If they win those seats, the GOP trifecta in Texas would be broken. We'll talk about how we got here and what a Democratic flip means for Texas. en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:00:21 GMT /politics/2020-11-09/the-big-flop-why-the-democrats-attempt-to-flip-the-texas-house-failed Lee esta historia en español. In a big blow for the party, Texas Democrats were unable to flip nine state House seats they had hoped would give their� Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:00:21 GMT /politics/2020-11-09/the-big-flop-why-the-democrats-attempt-to-flip-the-texas-house-failed Ashley Lopez /politics/2020-10-08/the-big-flip-how-the-pandemic-makes-it-hard-to-predict-who-will-control-the-texas-house Part four in a four-part series on the 2020 fight for control of the Texas HouseKUT’s Ashley Lopez explains why it’s hard to predict whether Democrats� Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:01:00 GMT /politics/2020-10-08/the-big-flip-how-the-pandemic-makes-it-hard-to-predict-who-will-control-the-texas-house KUT Staff /politics/2020-10-07/the-big-flip-how-a-democrat-led-texas-house-could-change-redistricting-or-not Part three in a four-part series on the 2020 fight for control of the Texas HouseKUT’s Mose Buchele explains what a Democratic-controlled Texas House next� Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:54:00 GMT /politics/2020-10-07/the-big-flip-how-a-democrat-led-texas-house-could-change-redistricting-or-not KUT Staff /politics/2020-10-06/the-big-flip-how-texas-economy-changed-its-politics Part two in a four-part series on the 2020 fight for control of the Texas HouseKUT’s Jimmy Maas explains how Republicans ruled over a growing economy for� Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:28:46 GMT /politics/2020-10-06/the-big-flip-how-texas-economy-changed-its-politics KUT Staff /politics/2020-10-05/the-big-flip-how-the-gop-consolidated-political-power-in-texas Part one in a four-part series on the 2020 fight for control of the Texas HouseKUT’s Andrew Weber discusses the recent history of Texas politics � and� Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:01:00 GMT /politics/2020-10-05/the-big-flip-how-the-gop-consolidated-political-power-in-texas KUT Staff