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09/11/2026 20:13

TribCast: How the chair of Texas Democrats wants his party to govern

Kendall Scudder, chair of the Texas Democrat Party, poses for a portrait at Studio 919, The Texas Tribune event space, in Austin on Nov. 9, 2026.
Kendall Scudder, chair of the Texas Democrat Party, poses for a portrait at Studio 919, The Texas Tribune event space, in Austin on Nov. 9, 2026. Jacob Lujan for The Texas Tribune

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In Kendall Scudder’s first term as chair of the Texas Democratic Party, his party flipped every statewide seat and the Texas House, wiping out decades of GOP gains. On TribCast, he unpacks how national headwinds helped the cause, and the infrastructure the party has built to try to sustain those wins going forward.

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Eleanor Klibanoff is the law and politics reporter, based in Austin, where she covers the the Texas Legislature, the Office of the Attorney General, state and federal courts and politics writ large. She... More by Eleanor Klibanoff

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