James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win Texas Senate seat in decades
The BBC reports that Democrat James Talarico, a former schoolteacher who made the cost of living his central theme, defeated Ken Paxton to win Texas's US Senate seat — the first Democrat to do so since 1988 — helping Democrats take full control of Congress. Talarico told supporters, "We just took back Texas," in a race that drew over half a billion dollars in spending, including $158 million from Elon Musk backing Paxton.
