It is a well known fact that a majority of readers skim articles (I am often guilty of this, I admit). The above referenced sentence was constructed specifically for those skimmers as the take away will be: '5 out of 27..........pretty lousy record for Texas.'
Reality is Texas' position has been validated either by courts or Congress 7 out of 15 times.
Greg Abbott is TOPS. I heard his speech at the TX GOP Convention and he is where he should be, for now. At some point he is destined for bigger things.