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Southern Democrats Now Have a Chance to Lead. What Will They Do With It?

Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South.

Β© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, is the first Democrat to be elected governor of Georgia in decades.

How Farmers’ Frustration With Trump’s Policies Helped Democrats

Anger over tariffs and higher costs because of the war in Iran led many Republican farmers and ranchers to vote blue β€” or stay home.

Β© David Robert Elliott for The New York Times

A farm in Kansas. Ranchers were hurt when President Trump’s plan to import more beef lowered the price they received for their cattle, and farmers had to pay more for fertilizer and diesel.

Gina Hinojosa Will Be Texas’s First Democratic Governor in Decades. Republicans Won’t Make It Easy.

After a sweeping Democratic victory, Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa will try to reshape a state molded by decades of conservative policymaking, with Republicans still in control of the State Senate.

Β© Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times

Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa of Texas has a raft of promises to fulfill.

Texas Led the Conservative Overhaul of Education. What Now?

In Texas, teaching on race and gender was restricted, Christianity was encouraged and private school vouchers expanded. It may be hard for Democrats to reverse those policies.

Β© Christopher Lee for The New York Times

Texas last year began one of the largest taxpayer-funded school voucher programs.
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