Abortion helped Democrats across the U.S. hold off a “red wave.” Not in Texas.

Demonstrators in Dallas march against the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24. (Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune)

In a pivotal first election after the complete upending of abortion access in the United States, things looked about the same as always in Texas.

Republicans swept easily to victory statewide, shoring up the Legislature’s dominant anti-abortion bloc, and at least three more cities passed local ordinances further banning the procedure.