What Beto helped do in Texas goes beyond Congress. He also helped moderate the Texas House:
Led by female candidates, Texas Democrats picked up 12 Texas House seats from Republicans, mostly in North Texas. But Republicans still have the edge in the lower chamber.
Are Texas suburbs slipping away from Republicans?
Republicans hoped to keep a majority Texas House seats from Dallas County when they redrew district boundaries in 2011. Seven years later, they've only held onto two of 14.