California Transplants Who Fled To Texas Now Want To Flee Again

Some Californians who viewed Texas as an escape from Democratic policies are reconsidering their plans after the state elected a Democrat governor and senator last week for the first time in decades.

Some are considering other destinations in red states — including Oklahoma, Florida, Tennessee, and the Carolinas — according to a report by the New York Post.

Marie Bailey, a realtor from California who escaped to Texas, said she is now considering another move, potentially to Florida or Oklahoma, and others are weighing their options too. 

Bailey worries that the policies and costs she left behind in California could follow her to Texas.

“I just don’t trust the motives, and I understand all politicians have some corruption in them, but when I pay for it — like that bullet train and high gas prices and all of that in California — it directly hits my wallet,” she told the Post. “So that’s a big deal to me.”

Bailey said she was “shocked” by the election results, particularly the gubernatorial race, in which Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, 52.8% to 45.7%. Texas Republicans also lost the Senate race, where Ken Paxton was beaten by James Talarico by more than 12 percentage points.

Bailey runs a large Facebook group for Californians moving to Texas and said interest in relocating to the state dropped substantially following the election.

One native Californian told the Post she is “heartbroken.”

“I don’t know that I can justify moving from one blue state to another…And I fear that Texas will never flip back,” Breana Janel said. “Now that they have control, I don’t think they’ll let go.”

Janel said she “knew” Democrats were hoping to turn Texas blue, but she thought there’d be more time.

“That’s a lateral move. And for what? For it to look even more like California in four years?” she said.

Janel is now considering Tennessee, Georgia, or the Carolinas instead. 

Another member of Bailey’s Facebook group suggested that if Democrat leadership was unavoidable, better weather might help soften the blow: “If I have to tolerate blue I might as well have good weather so maybe back to CA? Or give FL a try?”

“I am literally closing on a house in Texas next week! I am so pissed,” another person wrote, according to the Post.

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