When white supremacy starts losing elections, white supremacists game the system to hold power anyway.
This is why the United States lacks democratic legitimacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/27/georgia-augusta-judicial-circuit-split-republicans
A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district
After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit
The Guardian
Black man elected mayor in Alabama ousted by white officials: lawsuit
Patrick Braxton, who won an Alabama town's mayoral election, is suing white officials who he says held a special election to get him out.
InsiderWhat’s happening to Houston schools is because white supremacists lost. So, more cheating.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/15/texas-education-houston-isd-takeover/

Texas Education Agency will take control of Houston ISD in June
The announcement comes almost four years after the agency first moved to take over the district.
The Texas Tribune