After election losses, Texas Democrats pick new party leader

AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Texas Democrats are on a losing streak that's lasted more than 30 years. November 1994 was the last time a Democrat won a statewide election in Texas. Now, the state party has a new leader, tasked with turning that trend around.

On the last Saturday in March, the Texas Democratic Party's governing board elected Kendall Scudder to lead the party forward. Scudder, who previously served as the party's finance chair, came out on top in a seven-way race to lead the party.