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Behind the scenes, the world’s richest person spent a record amount over two years to bend the country’s politics to his will. He couldn’t.

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Democrats have a chance to rewrite the rules of the economy. Here’s how.

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Obviously, the Texas election was about more than shoes. But the symbolism mattered.

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Years of organizing met a moment of voter discontent, as James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa offered Texans a vision of economic relief and political change.

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The Ozymandias election.

The midterms vote was an epic rebuke of Silicon Valley.

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Ezra Klein and Aaron Retica react to the Democratic Party’s major midterm victory.

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Following his public disputes with California authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Elon Musk personally moved to Texas, outside of Austin, in 2020.

Over the next six years, he doubled down on the Lone Star State. In 2021, Musk increasingly focused the Starship program in South Texas, urging SpaceX employees to move there and work on the company's future. In March of that year, he began using the name Starbase to describe the production and launch facilities near the Rio Grande River.

In 2023, he built a massive factory east of Austin to manufacture customer terminals and other electronics for the Starlink program. In July 2024, he announced that SpaceX would relocate its corporate headquarters from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas. He cited California's regulatory and political environment as the motivating factor.

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For Republicans, Texas has long been a dependable political anchor. Now, it’s finally blue.

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Michelle Goldberg and Matthew Yglesias talk about James Talarico, populism and taxes.

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The political winds are blowing in Democrats’ direction. The question is: How strong are they?

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Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York Times/Siena polls found.

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Even though marketers have increasingly shifted their dollars to other media, local stations are reaping a bonanza during these midterm elections. Nowhere is this is more evident than in Texas.

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Facing backlash over inflation and anger with the president, Republicans have turned to an onslaught of baseless claims about Democratic candidates.

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The Democratic candidate for Senate has led in polls. But because it’s Texas, he remains the underdog.

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Much of the online discourse about Senate races in Texas and Kansas is coming from accounts that appear to be automated, according to new research.

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