Austin, TX (KRGV) — Texas Democrats will hold a majority in the Texas House in January.

Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa and Sen.-elect James Talarico are Democrats and will take office in January. The Democrats set to represent the Rio Grande Valley in Washington, D.C., are Bobby Pulido in District 15, Henry Cuellar in District 28 and Vicente Gonzalez in District 34.

It will be the first time in 24 years that Democrats have held a majority in the Texas House.

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Pulido defeated incumbent Republican Monica De La Cruz and flipped District 15 blue with more than 62% of the vote.

State legislators have already started filing bills ahead of the new legislative session. State Rep.-elect Julio Salinas said he wants to pass Medicaid expansion, cap prescription drug prices such as insulin and EpiPens, and direct more money to roads and infrastructure in the Valley.

Jon Taylor, a political science professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said Democrats hope to make life more affordable, especially when it comes to health care.

“Medicaid expansion is the big one,” Taylor said. “It’s going to cover at least an additional million-plus Texans, and it’ll bring in at least $10 billion from the federal government.”

Other Democratic plans include increasing teacher pay and reducing funding for the school voucher program.

“We’re going to take a really good crack at it, and I’m pretty sure we can get through it,” Salinas said.

Salinas said Democrats will work with Republicans in the Senate to get their proposals to Hinojosa’s desk.

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