# ‘We defeated Goliath’: Texas Democrat James Talarico wins Senate seat

https://mins.news/en/item/128702

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-04 07:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/11/4/we-defeated-goliath-texas-democrat-james-talarico-wins-senate-seat?traffic_source=rss

> Democrat James Talarico won the Texas Senate race in a historic midterm upset, ending nearly three decades of Republican dominance. He pledged to fight political corruption, expand healthcare, invest in education and end what he called costly, corrupt wars.

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