For the first time in the modern era, a Democrat has won a U.S. Senate race in Texas.
Democratic state Rep. James Talarico defeated GOP nominee Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as turnout rivaled the 2024 presidential election.
.Talarico’s historic win will put Democrats one state closer to controlling the U.S. Senate in the most expensive non-presidential race in U.S. politics. It gives Democrats a critical foothold in a state long considered a Republican firewall.
Prior to Talarico’s win, the last Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in Texas was Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.
On Tuesday, in typically red Collin County outside of Dallas, turnout was heavy in the town of Wylie, with a line stretching out the door at 10:30 a.m. local time at one polling location….