Is Texas Now a Battleground State?

[ElectionsGuy]

Democrats still have not won any statewide office in Texas since the 1990's to this point, nor majorities in any legislative chambers. They failed to win in a blue wave year. They lost the presidential and congressional votes by 5-10 points in a Lean Dem environment. This is not the mark of a battleground state. Maybe it's getting there, but it ain't there yet. (and yes, I know people mock that phrase)

If Texas is a battleground, Minnesota should be too, it's congressional vote and Senate race were even much closer than Texas's was. And I think Minnesota correctly earns the distinction after this year of a light blue state or a state that leans Democratic. Texas definitely gets a distinction as leaning Republican at least. It is not a state that decides elections.