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Texas Democrats concluded their 2026 state convention in Corpus Christi, rallying behind gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa and Senate nominee James Talarico with a unified push to end 30 years of GOP control in November.
Texas utility regulators approved a new batched-study approach for ERCOT to manage a 438 GW queue of large-load interconnection requests, primarily from data centers.
Democrats departed Corpus Christi united behind their midterm message after the Texas state convention wrapped over the weekend.
The Texas Democratic Convention capped three days of speeches and organizing with a focus on breaking Republican dominance statewide.
