Why one Republican won a redrawn Texas district despite blue tsunami

In the midterm elections, Republican Jace Yarbrough defeated Dan Barrios in Texas’s 32nd congressional district near Dallas, a heavily redrawn seat previously held by a Democrat. He was the only Republican to flip a Texas congressional seat this year, while Democrats won statewide office for the first time in 32 years and held four recently redesigned districts. Matthew Wilson, a Southern Methodist University professor who lives in the district, said Yarbrough shifted from a primary-focused campaign to one that emphasised the cost of living and other economic concerns.