Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 (James Talarico at Open Congress 2023, The Texas Tribune Festival, Austin; cropped and resized) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
BREAKING Politics · 06:12
Democrat James Talarico wins Texas Senate race, flipping the seat from Republicans for the first time since 1988, CBS and NBC project
Democrat James Talarico, a 37-year-old Texas state representative, won the U.S. Senate race in Texas on Tuesday night over Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, CBS News and NBC News project. It is the first time Texas has elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988 and the third Republican-held seat Democrats flipped tonight. Republican Sen. John Cornyn, whom Paxton beat in the primary, congratulated Talarico on X.