Texas Democrats' election gains have raised expectations for the upcoming legislative session, but a political scientist said what Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa campaigned on will be shaped by the numbers in Austin.

Austin Bussing, an assistant professor of political science at Trinity University, said Hinojosa ran expecting to work with a Republican-controlled House and Senate.

"We can kind of set expectations based on what Hinojosa ran on during the campaign, issues she made salient during the campaign, tempered by the fact that there will be a Republican majority in the state Senate," Bussing said.