Explained: Democrats deliver a stunning rout in Texas to retake power for the first time in decades

Democrats won a U.S. Senate seat as James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton

gerrymandered

Redrawing electoral district boundaries to favor one political party

AP Voter Poll

A survey of thousands of voters conducted by the Associated Press to gauge voting patterns

lieutenant governor

A high-ranking state executive office in Texas, second to the governor

attorney general

The state's top legal officer, responsible for representing the government in legal matters