Democrats won several governor’s races on Tuesday night despite massive spending by their Republican opponents. In Texas, Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Governor Greg Abbott, who entered the year with $105.7 million, becoming the state’s first Latina governor and its first Democratic governor since 1990. In Ohio, Democrat Amy Acton defeated billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, who invested an estimated $36 million in the campaign, while more than $100 million was spent against her. Democrats also won in Iowa and Georgia, where Rob Sand and Keisha Lance Bottoms became governors, with Bottoms becoming the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history.
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