# Republicans fume as Democrat Talarico flips Texas Senate seat

https://mins.news/en/item/128748

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-04 08:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/11/4/republicans-fuming-after-democrat-talarico-flips-texas-senate-blue?traffic_source=rss

> Shocked Texas Republicans are trying to understand how Democrats won the state’s Senate race for the first time in almost 40 years. Some supporters of Ken Paxton blamed Trump and said they now fear political retribution, Al Jazeera’s Emma Withrow reported.

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