The day after Democrats swept every statewide office in Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz went on his podcast and laid down a promise."I give you my word: Texas will be red again," he said.

The chair of the Democratic National Committee had a different read.

Asked whether he considers Texas a battleground state in the next presidential contest, Ken Martin said in an interview, "For sure - it's seismic."Just two years after President Donald Trump carried Texas by nearly 14 percentage points, Democrat Gina Hinojosa ousted Gov. Greg Abbott while James Talarico won the state's U.S. Senate race by 12 points, showing how quickly the ground can shift here.