As power shifts in Texas, the state’s economic strength is based on more than politics

Jon Shapley for The Texas Tribune

Posted Friday, November 6, 2026 6:00 am

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Economists attributed Texas’ economic success to factors that have little to do with the political party that controls the state.

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