# Texas turns blue as Democrats win Senate seat for first time in 38 years

https://mins.news/en/item/128840

- BBC Chinese, 2026-11-04 10:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cwzrdzl8v6jjo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton in Texas’s Senate race, marking the first Democratic win of a US Senate seat in the state since 1988. The result reshapes Texas politics and further strengthens Democrats’ control of Congress, the report says.

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