Democrat James Talarico turns Texas Senate seat blue, defeating Ken Paxton
NBC News projects that Democrat James Talarico, a Texas state lawmaker and seminarian, has defeated Attorney General Ken Paxton for a Texas Senate seat, breaking the Republicans' three-decade hold on statewide office. The article credits Talarico's "top versus bottom" message on wealth disparity and corruption against a Paxton campaign shadowed by scandals and backed by nine figures' worth of super PAC money from Elon Musk.
