Kendall Scudder was elected to succeed Gilberto Hinojosa as the first new Chair of the Texas Democratic Party since the latter's election in 2012 on Saturday, winning an outright majority in the first round of voting from the members of the State Democratic Executive Committee in Austin. This pod features our first talk with Scudder, just minutes after his election was confirmed, and takes from a handful of key players who were present at the event.

Coverage from the Texas Tribune: ⁠https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/29/texas-democrats-party-chair/⁠

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