# Talarico wins Texas Senate race, ending decades of Republican dominance

https://mins.news/en/item/128360

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-04 04:03 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/4/talarico-wins-texas-senate-race-ending-decades-of-republican-dominance?traffic_source=rss

> James Talarico won the US Senate race in Texas, the first Democratic win for statewide office there since 1994. The result marks a major political shift in a state long associated with staunch conservative policies. Donald Trump had intervened in the Republican primary by backing scandal-ridden Attorney General Ken Paxton over John Cornyn. Paxton failed to energize even his own party despite spending exceeding $500 million, including at least $212 million from Elon Musk.

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