Tarrant County voted over 54.2% for Gov. as opposed to 49.89% for Cruz.
State wide it was 55.85% for the Gov. and 50.94% for Cruz.
It was the candidate that failed to draw the voters but as you say with
the new arrivals Texas is heading toward the blue column. However it
hasn’t been all that many years when Texas was solid blue.
The last democrat governor was Ann Richards who’s term ended Jan. 17, 1995.
As she was a left wing loony liberal