re: How did Paxton win Galveston

Not to mention that a number of wealthy Houstonians actually live in Galveston

Remember is is eligible to vote demographic, not overall demographic.

There are a lot of white Hispanics in Texas. A friend's grandson went to public school there. Half Hispanic but mostly white conservative Hispanic. HIs daddy has money too. Family ranch on the Brazos much smaller than when the founded it with Texas' founding via property development on west side of Harris County (Houston) Sits in Galveston and manages investments as well as a small restaurant chain. All the women in his family were UT Pi Phi's. Founding Native Texans send their kids to public schools. Private is for wealthy riff raff who move there from up north. It sure was that way when I lived in Memorial in the 1980s