PoliticsDemocrats stun Texas as Talarico and Hinojosa win in Republican stronghold

James Talarico’s Texas victory was one of the biggest shocks of the US midterms. He defeated Republican Ken Paxton, becoming the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state in nearly four decades and marking a major breakthrough in a Republican stronghold.

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