[Windflier]

"Counties that haven’t voted for a Democrat in decades turned out for Beto O’Rourke in his unsuccessful bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, and he picked up enough support in ruby red Republican counties to force Cruz into single-digit wins."

Those same ruby red counties voted for Gov Greg Abbott by commanding margins.

Texas isn't going blue (just yet). The real cause of Ted's narrow win was Ted. He only got into the race at the eleventh hour, and is still carrying the stain of shame from the 2016 primary.

[Oscar in Batangas]

Agree.
But we don’t start boarding up the windows in Katy until after the hurricane has passed the Medical Center