James Talarico pulled off a political earthquake in Texas, defeating scandal-plagued Republican Ken Paxton to become the first Democrat elected to the state’s Senate delegation in 38 years.
The extraordinary victory shatters a Republican stranglehold on the Lone Star State, which has not elected a Democrat to any statewide office since 1994. It dealt a devastating blow to President Donald Trump and helped secure a Democratic Senate majority.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott was also ousted by Democratic candidate Gina Hinojosa in a stunning upset as part of the ‘blue tsunami’ taking shape across the United States on a devastating night for Trump.
At Talarico’s election
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