Feature: Democrats make symbolic progress in Texas as voters expect changes

Peter Li, associate professor with College of Humanities and Social Sciences under the University of Houston-Downtown, receives an interview in Houston, Texas, the United States, Nov. 5, 2018. Voters' desire for more balanced representation in the Congress has enabled the Democratic Party to gain two seats of the House of Representatives in Texas in the U.S. mid-term elections held on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)