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The Blue Wave Comes Home: Midterms 2026 | Rethinking Freedom Episode 107

On November 3, 2026, a blue wave swept the nation, Texas, and Bell County. Host Aya Fubara Eneli breaks down who won, who voted, and how age, race, and education shaped the results. Black voters, and Black women above all, remained the foundation of every Democratic victory.

In Bell County, we honor the history behind this moment. The county’s first sheriff in 1850 was a slaveholder. Charles Swinney, Monroe Sheppard, Henry Gentry, Will Stanley, and Robert Jefferson were murdered by lynch mobs here. Dr. Claudia Brown opened the door in 2016 as the first Black woman elected justice of the peace in Bell County. This year, Stacey Wilson became the first woman elected to the Bell County Commissioners Court. Amelia Rabroker won Texas House District 55, and the campaign against school library books met the voters.

Aya is joined by Representative-elect Amelia Rabroker and Terris Goodwin, president of Bell County Texas Democratic Women, to talk about how the wave was built and what comes next.

Amelia Rabroker
Website: https://www.ameliafortexas.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ameliafortexas

Bell County Texas Democratic Women
Website: http://bellcountytexasdemocraticwomen.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bellcountydemocraticwomen

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